United Kingdom - Bloghttp://www.titleist.com/teamtitleist/gb/b/weblog/atomZimbra Social 8.5.5.45821 (Build: 8.5.5.45821)2017-11-10T15:57:23ZThe Winning Setups: Steve Stricker and Sean O’Hair at the QBE Shootouthttp://www.titleist.com/teamtitleist/gb/b/weblog/archive/2017/12/11/the-winning-setups_3a00_-steve-stricker-and-sean-o_1920_hair-at-the-qbe-shootout2017-12-11T12:45:40Z2017-12-11T12:45:40Z<p><a href="/teamtitleist/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/Stricker_5F00_OHair-Hero-_5F00_1460x821.jpg"><img src="/teamtitleist/resized-image/__size/730x410/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/Stricker_5F00_OHair-Hero-_5F00_1460x821.jpg" alt=" " /></a></p>
<p>Riding the momentum of a best-ball opening round of 15-under-par 57, Titleist Brand Ambassadors <a href="/tour/76/steve-stricker"><strong>Steve Stricker</strong></a> and <a href="/tour/2781/sean-ohair"><strong>Sean O&rsquo;Hair</strong></a> teamed up in Naples, FL to win the QBE Shootout.</p>
<p>Both players trusted a Titleist golf ball and Titleist golf clubs tee-to-green at Tiburon Golf Club, as they closed with a score of 8-under-par 64 on Sunday, good for a two-shot margin of victory.</p>
<p>Coming down the stretch, O&rsquo;Hair eagled the 17th hole, to put the tournament out of reach.</p>
<p>Stricker/O&rsquo;Hair posted a winning score of 26-under-par 190 at the 54-hole event. This marks the second QBE Shootout title for each player, as both Stricker and O&rsquo;Hair had previously won the event with different partners.</p>
<p>Congratulations to Steve and Sean!</p>
<p>&bull; &bull; &bull;</p>
<p>Let&#39;s take a closer look at the winning setups that Steve Stricker and Sean O&#39;Hair trusted in their Shootout win.</p>
<p><a href="/teamtitleist/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/Stricker-CB-Hero-_5F00_1460x821.jpg"><img src="/teamtitleist/resized-image/__size/730x410/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/Stricker-CB-Hero-_5F00_1460x821.jpg" alt=" " /></a>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Steve Stricker <br /></strong></p>
<p class="p1"><strong>Golf Ball:</strong>&nbsp;Pro V1x</p>
<p class="p1"><strong>Driver:</strong>&nbsp;913D3 (8.5&deg;)&nbsp;</p>
<p class="p1"><strong>Fairways:</strong>&nbsp;915F (13.5&deg;)</p>
<p class="p1"><strong>Hybrid:</strong>&nbsp;816H1 (17&deg;)</p>
<p class="p1"><strong>Irons: </strong> 718 CB (3-9)</p>
<p class="p1"><strong>Wedges:&nbsp;</strong>Vokey Design SM6 pitching (46.08 F Grind), gap (54.10 S Grind) and lob (60.10 S Grind)</p>
<p class="p1"><strong>Putter</strong>: Scotty Cameron Tour Futura 5W</p>
<p class="p1">&bull; &bull; &bull;</p>
<p class="p1">&nbsp;<a href="/teamtitleist/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/OHair-917-Hero-_5F00_1460x821.jpg"><img src="/teamtitleist/resized-image/__size/730x410/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/OHair-917-Hero-_5F00_1460x821.jpg" alt=" " /></a></p>
<p><strong>Sean O&#39;Hair</strong></p>
<p class="p1"><strong>Golf Ball:</strong>&nbsp;Pro V1</p>
<p class="p1"><strong>Driver:</strong>&nbsp;917D2 (9.5&deg;)&nbsp;</p>
<p class="p1"><strong>Fairways:</strong>&nbsp;917F2 (15&deg;), 915F (18&deg;)</p>
<p class="p1"><strong>Irons: </strong>716 T-MB (4), 718 AP2 (5-PW)</p>
<p class="p1"><strong>Wedges:&nbsp;</strong>Vokey Design SM7 prototype gap (50&deg;), sand (54&deg;) and lob (58&deg;)</p>
<p class="p1"><strong>Putter</strong>: Scotty Cameron Concept 2 Notchback</p>
<p class="p1">&nbsp;</p>
<p class="p1"><strong>#TeamTitleist&nbsp;</strong></p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.titleist.com/teamtitleist/aggbug?PostID=93105&AppID=117&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">Rick V., Team Titleist Staffhttp://www.titleist.com/teamtitleist/members/rickv1Fowler, Frittelli, Smith, Xiao and Schnell Combine for 5-Win Week for Titleist Playershttp://www.titleist.com/teamtitleist/gb/b/weblog/archive/2017/12/04/fowler-frittelli-smith-xiao-and-schnell-combine-for-5-win-week-for-titleist-players2017-12-04T12:00:47Z2017-12-04T12:00:47Z<p><a href="/teamtitleist/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/ProV1_5F00_Teeing_5F00_rev_5F00_1460x821.jpg"><img src="/teamtitleist/resized-image/__size/2080x1640/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/ProV1_5F00_Teeing_5F00_rev_5F00_1460x821.jpg" alt=" " /></a></p>
<p>The winning ways continue for Titleist this week, as Titleist Brand Ambassadors and golf ball loyalists combined for five more titles around the globe.</p>
<p>Titleist golf ball players have now recorded <strong>206 victories</strong> across the worldwide professional tours, <strong>more than seven times</strong> the nearest competitor with <strong>28</strong>.</p>
<p>To date this season, the game&#39;s finest players have relied on a Titleist Pro V1 or Pro V1x golf ball <strong>26,037</strong> times, <strong>nearly seven times</strong> the nearest competitor with <strong>3,855</strong> and more than all competitors combined.<a id="Fowler"></a></p>
<p>&bull;&bull;&bull;</p>
<p><a href="/teamtitleist/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/TIG_5F00_Rickie_5F00_Fowler_5F00_titleist2017_2D00_12_2D00_04_5F00_07_2D00_32_2D00_46.png"><img src="/teamtitleist/resized-image/__size/730x410/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/TIG_5F00_Rickie_5F00_Fowler_5F00_titleist2017_2D00_12_2D00_04_5F00_07_2D00_32_2D00_46.png" alt=" " /></a></p>
<p>World No. 7 <a href="/tour/1795/rickie-fowler"><strong>Rickie Fowler</strong></a> relied on his Pro V1 golf ball on Sunday to top an elite limited field made up of some of the world&rsquo;s best players, as he captured the Hero World Challenge (an unofficial event on the PGA Tour) with a course-record-setting final round of 11-under-par 61. Fowler finished four shots clear of runner-up, <a href="/tour/869/charley-hoffman"><strong>Titleist Brand Ambassador Charley Hoffman</strong></a> (Pro V1). <a href="/tour/2170/jordan-spieth"><strong>Titleist Brand Ambassador Jordan Spieth</strong></a> (Pro V1x) and <a href="/tour/2886/tommy-fleetwood"><strong>Titleist golf ball loyalist Tommy Fleetwood</strong></a> (Pro V1x) tied for 3rd, two more shots back, as Titleist players accounted for each of the top four spots on the leaderboard.</p>
<p>Fowler started the final round seven shots off the lead, but he opened with seven straight birdies and added an eighth at No. 9 for an incredible 8-under-par 28 on the front side at Albany Golf Club in the Bahamas.</p>
<p>Last season Fowler won the Honda Classic, finished 7th in the FedExCup race and ranked inside the top 40 on Tour for every category in the Strokes Gained statistics.</p>
<p>&ldquo;The big thing was to not lose what we had going this past year,&rdquo; said Fowler, &ldquo;because it was a very solid year across the board. And what we&#39;re going to work on going forward is just picking up a few of the little things that could have made just that difference to put us in the winner&#39;s circle more on Sunday.&rdquo;<a id="Frittelli"></a></p>
<p>&bull;&bull;&bull;</p>
<p><a href="/teamtitleist/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/TIG_5F00_Dylan_5F00_Frittelli_5F00_titleist2017_2D00_12_2D00_04_5F00_07_2D00_35_2D00_16.png"><img src="/teamtitleist/resized-image/__size/730x410/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/TIG_5F00_Dylan_5F00_Frittelli_5F00_titleist2017_2D00_12_2D00_04_5F00_07_2D00_35_2D00_16.png" alt=" " /></a></p>
<p>With two more European Tour victories this week, both coming in sudden death playoffs, Titleist golf ball loyalists have now won all three events to start the 2017-18 season.</p>
<p><strong><a href="/tour/2857/dylan-frittelli">South African Dylan Frittelli</a></strong> (Pro V1) converted a birdie putt on the first extra hole of the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open to edge fellow <strong>Titleist golf ball loyalist Arjun Atwal</strong> (Pro V1x) in an all-Titleist golf ball playoff. The event was co-sanctioned by both the European Tour and the South African Sunshine Tour.</p>
<p>It was the second European Tour win of the calendar year for Frittelli, who captured the Lyoness Open in June.</p>
<p>Atwal carded a course-record 62 in the first round and both he and Frittelli finished with a 16-under-par 268.</p>
<p>Titleist was the most played golf ball at the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open with 109 players teeing up a Pro V1 or Pro V1x, more than four times the nearest competitor with 24.<a id="Smith"></a></p>
<p>&bull;&bull;&bull;</p>
<p><a href="/teamtitleist/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/TIG_5F00_Cameron_5F00_Smith_5F00_titleist2017_2D00_12_2D00_04_5F00_07_2D00_16_2D00_21.png"><img src="/teamtitleist/resized-image/__size/730x410/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/TIG_5F00_Cameron_5F00_Smith_5F00_titleist2017_2D00_12_2D00_04_5F00_07_2D00_16_2D00_21.png" alt=" " /></a></p>
<p>Local favorite, <strong><a href="/tour/2328/cameron-smith">Titleist Brand Ambassador Cameron Smith</a></strong> (Pro V1x) captured the Australian PGA Championship, an event co-sanctioned by the European and Australian Tours, with a par on the second hole of a sudden death playoff with fellow <strong><a href="/tour/2577/jordan-zunic">Titleist Brand Ambassador Jordan Zunic</a></strong> (Pro V1x).</p>
<p>Smith, who finished in 4th at last week&rsquo;s Australian Open, earned his first individual win as a professional and first European Tour title. Smith captured the PGA Tour&rsquo;s Zurich Classic in May, a team event he won with <strong>Titleist golf ball loyalist Jonas Blixt</strong> (Pro V1x).</p>
<p>Smith and Zunic each posted an 18-under 270 total to reach the playoff.</p>
<p>Titleist golf ball loyalist Adam Bland (Pro V1x) finished one shot out of the playoff, as the top three finishers relied upon Titleist for their success.</p>
<p>It was the second consecutive win by a Titleist Brand Ambassador in Australia as Smith, a Queensland native with friends and family in the crowd, follows fellow Aussie <strong>Cameron Davis</strong> into the Titleist Winners&rsquo; Circle.</p>
<p>He also becomes the second consecutive Aussie to win on the European Tour, following <a href="/tour/2218/wade-ormsby"><strong>Titleist golf ball loyalist Wade Ormsby</strong></a>&rsquo;s <a href="/teamtitleist/b/tourblog/archive/2017/11/27/ormsby-davis-han-and-lee-combine-for-four-pro-v1x-wins#Ormsby">victory at the Hong Kong Open in last week&rsquo;s season-opener</a>. Ormsby tied for 9th this week.</p>
<p>&ldquo;I remember going out there with dad and mum watching Adam (<a href="/tour/125/adam-scott"><strong>Titleist Brand Ambassador Adam Scott</strong></a>) and those type of guys up there at Coolum. It was really one of my goals, I wanted to win one down here, and just being in Queensland makes it a little bit more special.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Titleist was the overwhelming most played golf ball at the Australian PGA Championship with 4 out of 5 players (125) teeing up a Pro V1 or Pro V1x, nearly 13 times the nearest competitor with 10.</p>
<p>Titleist also topped the count in drivers (55), irons (69) and wedges (241) at the event.</p>
<p>Here&#39;s the equipment that Cameron used to capture his Australian major:</p>
<p><strong>Golf Ball:</strong>&nbsp;Pro V1x</p>
<p><strong>Driver:</strong>&nbsp;917D3 (10.5&ordm;)&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Fairway:</strong>&nbsp;917F2 (16.5&ordm;)</p>
<p><strong>Irons:&nbsp;</strong>718 T-MB (3), 718 AP2 (4-9)</p>
<p><strong>Wedges:&nbsp;</strong>Vokey Design SM6 pitching (46&deg;), gap, (52&deg;), sand (54&deg;) and lob (60&deg;)</p>
<p><strong>Putter:&nbsp;</strong>Scotty Cameron prototype<a id="Xiao"></a></p>
<p>&bull;&bull;&bull;</p>
<p><a href="/teamtitleist/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/TIG_5F00_Bowen_5F00_Xiao_5F00_titleist2017_2D00_12_2D00_04_5F00_07_2D00_40_2D00_57.png"><img src="/teamtitleist/resized-image/__size/730x410/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/TIG_5F00_Bowen_5F00_Xiao_5F00_titleist2017_2D00_12_2D00_04_5F00_07_2D00_40_2D00_57.png" alt=" " /></a></p>
<p><strong>Titleist golf ball loyalist Bowen Xiao</strong> (Pro V1) captured the Asian Golf Championship with a birdie on the second hole of a sudden death playoff with <a href="/tour/2285/bryden-macpherson"><strong>Titleist Brand Ambassador Bryden MacPherson</strong></a> (Pro V1). The pair finished on 3-under-par 285, one shot ahead of <strong>Yan-wei Liu</strong>.</p>
<p>It was the first professional win and first Asian Tour title for Xiao at the event, which was co-sanctioned with the China Tour.</p>
<p>Titleist was the overwhelming top choice in golf balls at the Asian Golf Championship with 77 players trusting a Pro V1 or Pro V1x, nearly eight times the nearest competitor with 10.</p>
<p>Titleist was also the field favorite in irons sets (29%) and wedges (45%).</p>
<p>Each of the top 10 finishers relied upon Titleist golf balls for their success.<a id="Schnell"></a></p>
<p>&bull;&bull;&bull;</p>
<p><a href="/teamtitleist/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/TIG_5F00_Brady_5F00_Schnell_5F00_titleist2017_2D00_12_2D00_04_5F00_07_2D00_29_2D00_15.png"><img src="/teamtitleist/resized-image/__size/730x410/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/TIG_5F00_Brady_5F00_Schnell_5F00_titleist2017_2D00_12_2D00_04_5F00_07_2D00_29_2D00_15.png" alt=" " /></a></p>
<p>And finally,<strong> Titleist golf ball loyalist Brady Schnell </strong>(Pro V1) captured the Shell Championship, posting an 11-under-par 273 victory total at the season finale, one shot clear of two players.</p>
<p>Schnell, who also won the Argentina Open two weeks ago, won two of the four events he played this year and finished 8th on the season-ending Order of Merit.</p>
<p>Titleist was the overwhelming top choice in golf balls with 40 players trusting a Pro V1 or Pro V1x, five times the nearest competitor with 8.</p>
<p>&bull; &bull; &bull;</p>
<p>Congratulations to all of #TeamTitleist!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.titleist.com/teamtitleist/aggbug?PostID=93076&AppID=117&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">Rick V., Team Titleist Staffhttp://www.titleist.com/teamtitleist/members/rickv1Inside the Titleist Golf Ball Experience Tour at Ball Plant 3http://www.titleist.com/teamtitleist/gb/b/weblog/archive/2017/12/01/inside-the-titleist-golf-ball-experience-tour-at-ball-plant-32017-12-01T11:08:16Z2017-12-01T11:08:16Z<p>(Please visit the site to view this video)</p>
<p>Last month, for the first time in our 85 year history, we opened the doors to Titleist Ball Plant 3 and began offering Team Titleist members a behind-the-scenes look at how we make the #1 ball in golf. And one early November morning in New Bedford, Mass., a group of five dedicated golfers joined us to be the first Team Titleist members to take part in the Titleist Golf Ball Experience.<br /><br />We didn&rsquo;t want to miss this opportunity to capture their experience, so we tagged along as the group was greeted by their tour guide for the day, Hank Connaty, and then treated to a personalized tour of the Ball Plant. Hank, a long time Titleist associate who recently retired after decades of service, walked them through every step of our golf ball manufacturing process from start to finish. Watch the video above for some of the highlights and scroll down below to hear what the Team Titleist members had to say&hellip;</p>
<p></p>
<p><a href="/teamtitleist/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/Pat-H-Hero.jpg"><img src="/teamtitleist/resized-image/__size/1460x820/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/Pat-H-Hero.jpg" alt=" " /></a> &quot;It just made me feel that I was playing the best in the game and that this company cared about improving my game and not just the pros. I&#39;ve never felt that way.&quot;</p>
<p>- Pat H., Team Titleist member</p>
<p>&nbsp;<strong>&bull;&bull;&bull;</strong></p>
<p></p>
<p><a href="/teamtitleist/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/Mike-C-Hero.jpg"><img src="/teamtitleist/resized-image/__size/1460x820/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/Mike-C-Hero.jpg" alt=" " /></a> &quot;I&#39;ve been playing a Titleist ball for about 10 to 12 years. It&#39;s pretty cool to be the first one to actually go through the tour. All the steps that they go through to make sure they&#39;re getting the same perfect golf ball every time -- it&#39;s reassuring to know I&#39;m playing a Titleist.&quot;</p>
<p>- Mike Carmody, Team Titleist member</p>
<p>&nbsp;<strong>&bull;&bull;&bull;</strong></p>
<p></p>
<p><a href="/teamtitleist/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/Eric-B-Hero.jpg"><img src="/teamtitleist/resized-image/__size/1460x820/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/Eric-B-Hero.jpg" alt=" " /></a></p>
<p>&quot;Everyone we met on the tour, particularly line workers, were polite and pleasant and seemed thrilled we were there. It can&rsquo;t be convenient to have tours running through, but you could sense the pride they take in their work. The posters we saw detailing the tenure of the ball plant associates is impressive.&nbsp; It&rsquo;s a very strong sign of a good company culture when people come and want to stay for their careers.&nbsp; People don&rsquo;t stay if they don&rsquo;t have a sense of pride, or aren&rsquo;t appreciated by their management team.&quot;</p>
<p>-Eric Braitmayer, Team Titleist member</p>
<p>&nbsp;<strong>&bull;&bull;&bull;</strong></p>
<p></p>
<p><a href="/teamtitleist/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/Marcia-M-Hero.jpg"><img src="/teamtitleist/resized-image/__size/1460x820/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/Marcia-M-Hero.jpg" alt=" " /></a> &quot;Every golfer should come and see the process. It was unbelievable to see all the quality checks that the balls go through. Now I truly understand all that Titleist goes through in creating this round little sphere that we play with.&quot;</p>
<p>-Marcia Mitchell, Team Titleist member</p>
<p>&nbsp;<strong>&bull;&bull;&bull;</strong></p>
<p></p>
<p><a href="/teamtitleist/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/Pete-S-Hero3.jpg"><img src="/teamtitleist/resized-image/__size/1460x820/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/Pete-S-Hero3.jpg" alt=" " /></a></p>
<p>&quot;I&#39;ve played Titleist for over 30 years, but I do have more confidence in my Pro V1 now. You can&#39;t believe how many checks and the process that goes into making a Titleist golf ball. It&#39;s incredible. I think Marcia, one of the ladies in the tour group said, &#39;I think we eat food, that isn&#39;t checked as carefully as this golf ball.&#39; You know, it was very impressive and you can&#39;t play a better ball obviously. You can play a ball that&#39;s a good golf ball, but you&#39;re not gonna play a better ball than Titleist.&quot;</p>
<p>-Peter Shelton, Team Titleist member</p>
<p>&nbsp;<strong>&bull;&bull;&bull;</strong></p>
<p>Thank you to Pat, Mike, Eric, Marcia and Pete for joining us on the maiden tour of the Titleist Golf Ball Experience.</p>
<p>If you&#39;d like to visit Titleist Ball Plant 3 and learn all that goes into making the #1 ball in golf, <a href="/golf-balls/golf-ball-experience">book your own tour on our Titleist Golf Ball Experience page</a>.</p>
<p><strong>#TeamTitleist</strong></p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.titleist.com/teamtitleist/aggbug?PostID=93063&AppID=117&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">Rick V., Team Titleist Staffhttp://www.titleist.com/teamtitleist/members/rickv1Update: 200 Wins in 2016-2017 for Titleist Golf Ball Playershttp://www.titleist.com/teamtitleist/gb/b/weblog/archive/2017/11/29/update-200-wins-in-2016-2017-for-titleist-golf-ball-players2017-11-29T09:30:52Z2017-11-29T09:30:52Z<p>&nbsp;<a href="/teamtitleist/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/UPDATED_5F00_2017_5F00_Year_5F00_End_5F00_Wrap_5F00_Banner_5F00_1460x821.jpg"><img src="/teamtitleist/resized-image/__size/730x410/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/UPDATED_5F00_2017_5F00_Year_5F00_End_5F00_Wrap_5F00_Banner_5F00_1460x821.jpg" alt=" " /></a></p>
<p>This past week <strong>Titleist golf ball loyalist Cameron Davis</strong> trusted his Pro V1x golf ball to <a href="/teamtitleist/b/tourblog/archive/2017/11/27/ormsby-davis-han-and-lee-combine-for-four-pro-v1x-wins#Davis">capture the first professional victory of his career at the Emirates Australian Open</a>. It was also a milestone win for the Pro V1 family as it marked the <strong>200th title</strong> for Pro V1 and Pro V1x players across the worldwide professional tours over the course of the 2016-2017 season. That&#39;s <strong>more than seven times</strong> the nearest competitor with <strong>28</strong> .</p>
<p>During this same time, the game&#39;s finest players have relied on a Titleist Pro V1 or Pro V1x golf ball <strong>25,993</strong> times, <strong>nearly seven times</strong> the nearest competitor with <strong>3,820</strong> and more than all competitors combined.</p>
<p>And we&#39;re still counting, as a few worldwide tournaments remain to be played before we can officially close the books on what has been a remarkable season.</p>
<p><a href="/teamtitleist/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/UPDATE_5F00_2017_5F00_Year_2D00_End_5F00_Counts_5F00_1460x400.jpg"><img src="/teamtitleist/resized-image/__size/730x410/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/UPDATE_5F00_2017_5F00_Year_2D00_End_5F00_Counts_5F00_1460x400.jpg" alt=" " /></a></p>
<p>And in case you missed our <a href="/teamtitleist/b/tourblog/archive/2017/10/06/titleist-year-end-report-performance-speaks-louder-than-words">Year-End Report in October</a>, check out some updated highlights from the past year as we look forward to the 2017-2018 season...</p>
<p><strong>PGA TOUR</strong></p>
<p><a href="/teamtitleist/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/Justin_5F00_Thomas_5F00_PGA_5F00_Trophy_5F00_1460x821.jpg"><img src="/teamtitleist/resized-image/__size/730x410/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/Justin_5F00_Thomas_5F00_PGA_5F00_Trophy_5F00_1460x821.jpg" alt=" " /></a><strong><em><strong><a href="/tour/2179/Justin-Thomas" title="Justin Thomas">Justin Thomas </a><em>(PGA Tour Player of the Year, 5-time Winner) - CIMB Classic / SBS Tournament of Champions / Sony Open in Hawaii / PGA Championship / Dell Technologies Championship:</em></strong> </em></strong><em>Titleist Pro V1x golf ball, 917D3/9.5&deg; driver, 917F3/15&deg; and 915Fd/18&deg; fairway metals, 716 CB (4) and 718 MB (5-9) irons, Vokey Design SM6 pitching (46.08 F grind), gap (52.12 F grind), sand (56.14 F grind) and lob (60.10 K grind) wedges, Scotty Cameron Futura X5.5 putter</em></p>
<ul>
<li>Titleist golf ball players stepped into the winners circle 22 times during the 2016-2017 PGA Tour season, compared to nine for the nearest competitor.</li>
<li>It was a breakout year for <strong><a href="/tour/2179/Justin-Thomas">Titleist Brand Ambassador Justin Thomas </a></strong>(Pro V1x), who won five times in 2016-2017. He <a href="/teamtitleist/b/tourblog/archive/2017/08/14/thomas-captures-first-major-victory-at-the-pga-championship">captured his first major crown</a> at the PGA Championship, added his first FedExCup playoff victory (at the Dell Technologies Championship), finished runner-up at the Tour Championship <a href="/teamtitleist/b/tourblog/archive/2017/09/25/a-season-to-remember-for-justin-thomas">to become the FedExCup champion </a>and was named the 2016-2017 PGA Tour Player of the Year.</li>
<li>Thomas jumped out to the fastest start of any player on Tour, winning three tournaments before February. Thomas <a href="/teamtitleist/b/tourblog/archive/2017/09/25/a-season-to-remember-for-justin-thomas">successfully defended his CIMB Classic title during the late 2016 shoulder season and then went on to win back-to-back tournaments during the Tour&#39;s Hawaiian swing</a>. Thomas&#39;s amazing streak was highlighted by the 59 he shot in the first round of the Sony Open. He became the youngest player in history to break 60 on Tour.</li>
<li>In June, Thomas recorded his first top-10 at a U.S Open, equaling the U.S Open record for low round with his third-round 63. One month later he <a href="/teamtitleist/b/tourblog/archive/2017/08/14/thomas-captures-first-major-victory-at-the-pga-championship">won his first major championship title at the 99th PGA Championship</a> at Quail Hollow Club, coming from two strokes behind to eventually win by two shots. The win marked his fifth PGA Tour victory in his 90th start.</li>
<li>Thomas entered the FedExCup Playoffs second in the standings. He retained his position in the top five with T6 finish at The Northern Trust and followed that up with a<a href="/teamtitleist/b/tourblog/archive/2017/09/05/1-2-finish-for-thomas-and-spieth-at-tpc-boston"> three-stroke victory </a>over fellow <strong><a href="/players/2170/Jordan-Spieth.aspx">Titleist Brand Ambassador Jordan Spieth</a></strong> at the Dell Technologies Championship.</li>
<li><a href="/tour/2170/jordan-spieth"><strong> Jordan Spieth</strong></a> (Pro V1x) also enjoyed multiple wins in 2016-2017. Spieth captured the AT&amp;T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in February and then won the Travelers Championship by holing a dramatic bunker shot to prevail in a sudden-death playoff. Spieth rode that momentum to Royal Birkdale, where he seized the Claret Jug for his third victory of the season <em><strong>(see European Tour, below)</strong></em>. Spieth finished 2nd in the FedExCup race after posting three top-10 finishes in the first three Playoff events.</li>
<li>This year, the Zurich Classic of New Orleans made a significant change, adopting a 2-man best-ball format. <a href="/teamtitleist/controlpanel/blogs/posteditor.aspx/Titleist%20Brand%20Ambassador%20Cameron%20Smith"><strong>Titleist Brand Ambassador Cameron Smith</strong></a> and <strong>Titleist golf ball loyalist Jonas Blixt</strong> both trusted a Pro V1x golf ball and teamed up to win the revamped event in exciting playoff fashion.</li>
<li>Titleist Brand Ambassador<a href="/tour/2179/justin-thomas"><strong></strong></a><strong> <a href="/teamtitleist/controlpanel/blogs/posteditor.aspx/Titleist%20Brand%20Ambassador%20Cameron%20Smith"><strong>Cameron Smith</strong></a> </strong>(Pro V1x) earned his maiden victory on the PGA Tour this season (at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans), as did Titleist golf ball loyalist<strong> <a href="/tour/2702/mackenzie-hughes">Mackenzie Hughes</a> </strong>(Pro V1x / RSM Classic).</li>
<li><strong><a href="/tour/2760/russell-henley">Titleist Brand Ambassador Russell Henley</a></strong> (Pro V1x) and <a href="https://www.titleist.com/tour/1794/kyle-stanley"><strong>Titleist golf ball loyalists Kyle Stanley</strong></a> (Pro V1) and <a href="/tour/3046/jhonattan-vegas"><strong>Jhonattan Vegas</strong></a> (Pro V1) all made equipment changes this year, trusting their games to a Titleist golf ball (and in Henley&#39;s case, full sets of Titleist clubs tee-to-green, as well). The choice paid off for all three, as Henley won the Shell Houston Open, Stanley won the Quicken Loans National and Vegas won the RBC Canadian Open.</li>
</ul>
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<p><strong><a href="/teamtitleist/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/8270.Momentum_5F00_718_5F00_818_5F00_Hero1_5F00_1460x821.jpg"><img src="/teamtitleist/resized-image/__size/730x410/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/8270.Momentum_5F00_718_5F00_818_5F00_Hero1_5F00_1460x821.jpg" alt=" " /></a></strong></p>
<p><strong>TITLEIST CLUB HIGHLIGHTS</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Of the 22 PGA Tour victories recorded by Titleist golf ball players this season, 10 were achieved by <strong><a href="/tour/all-players?SearchTerm=&amp;EquipmentType=clubs&amp;Tour=&amp;OrderBy=rank">Titleist Brand Ambassadors</a></strong> who also relied on full bags of Titleist golf club equipment for their success.</li>
<li>The #1 Irons on the PGA Tour and #1 in Wins - More players trusted Titleist irons than any other competing brand, collecting 12 victories in 2016-2017, tops on Tour.</li>
<li>Titleist was also the #1 Hybrid on the PGA Tour. This season, players put a Titleist hybrid in play 863 times, compared to 536 for the nearest competitor.</li>
<li>Players trusting Titleist 917 metals won 11 times on the PGA Tour during the 2016-2017 season, more than any competing brand.</li>
<li>Relying on his 917 D3 (9.5&deg;) driver, <strong><a href="/tour/2179/justin-thomas">Titleist Brand Ambassador Justin Thomas</a></strong> led the Tour in the Total Driving statistic this season.</li>
<li>Titleist <a href="/teamtitleist/b/tourblog/archive/2017/08/22/momentum-rolls-on-for-new-titleist-prototype-718-irons-and-818-hybrids">unveiled new 718 prototype irons</a> at this year&#39;s Quicken Loans National (as well as the European Tour&#39;s HNA Open de France) and <a href="/teamtitleist/b/tourblog/archive/2017/08/22/momentum-rolls-on-for-new-titleist-prototype-718-irons-and-818-hybrids">new 818 prototype hybrids</a> two weeks later at the John Deere Classic and the European Tour&#39;s Scottish Open.</li>
<li><strong><a href="/tour/2179/justin-thomas">Titleist Brand Ambassador Justin Thomas</a></strong> switched to new 718 MB irons (5-9) and captured his first major at this year&#39;s PGA Championship. <a href="/tour/2170/jordan-spieth"><strong>Titleist Brand Ambassador Jordan Spieth</strong></a> put a new 718 T-MB 3-iron in the bag shorlty before this year&#39;s Open Championship. His amazing recovery shot with the new club on No. 13 at Royal Birkdale helped turn the momentum around in the final round as he claimed his first Claret Jug. <strong><a href="/tour/1212/rafa-cabrera-bello">Titleist Brand Ambassador Rafa Cabrera Bello</a></strong> also won with new 718&#39;s, capturing the Scottish Open the first time he used his new 718 MB irons in competition.</li>
<li>This year&#39;s tour seeding and performance validation effort is also notable because it marks the introduction of a brand new prototype iron model from Titleist - <a href="https://www.titleist.com/golf-clubs/irons/718"><strong>the 718 AP3</strong></a>. <a href="/tour/415/jason-bohn"><strong>Titleist Brand Ambassador Jason Bohn</strong></a> made the switch to a full set of AP3 irons (4-PW) and several players added AP3 long irons to their setups, including <a href="/tour/771/jimmy-walker"><strong>Titleist Brand Ambassador Jimmy Walker (</strong></a>AP3 3-iron ), <a href="/tour/2280/byeonghun-an"><strong>Titleist Brand Ambassador Ben An</strong></a> (AP3 3-iron ) and <a href="/tour/2329/bobby-wyatt"><strong>Titleist Brand Ambassador Bobby Wyatt</strong></a>(AP3 4-iron).</li>
<li>In June, <strong><a href="/tour/1072/jason-dufner">Titleist Brand Ambassador Jason Dufner</a></strong> played some inspired golf, trusting a Pro V1x golf ball and a full bag of Titleist clubs as he captured The Memorial Tournament. Dufner drove the ball exceptionally well with his 917D2 driver (10.5&deg;) at Murifield Village, averaging 299 yards off the tee and hitting 73% of fairways. Dufner&#39;s win represented <a href="/teamtitleist/b/tourblog/archive/2017/06/07/world-39-s-best-continue-winning-ways-with-917-drivers">the 30th victory across the worldwide professional tours by players relying on a Titleist 917 driver.</a> Since then, players trusting a 917D2 or 917D3 driver have gone on to capture <strong>24 more worldwide titles</strong>...and counting.</li>
<li>Master Craftsman Bob Vokey <a href="/teamtitleist/b/tourblog/archive/2017/07/26/bob-vokey-inducted-into-canadian-golf-hall-of-fame">was inducted into the Canadian Hall of Fame</a> this summer and his <a href="/golf-clubs/wedges"><strong>Vokey Design wedges</strong></a> were far and away the most trusted wedges on Tour this season. Nearly half of all wedges in play this year were Vokey Design (47%), more than three times the nearest competitor.</li>
<li>Of all the Titleist pitching wedges played on Tour this season, 63% were Vokey Design models. This is a 7% increase from 2015 and clear validation of the Progressive Center of Gravity technology found in Vokey SM6 wedges.</li>
<li>Players trusting Vokey Design wedges captured 21 PGA Tour victories this year, including The Players Championship, three of the four major championships contested this year, three FedExCup playoff events and they were the choice of Titleist Brand Ambassador, FedExCup champion and Player of the Year <strong><a href="/tour/2179/Justin-Thomas">Justin Thomas</a></strong>.</li>
<li>Once again, <a href="/golf-clubs/putters"><strong>Scotty Cameron putters</strong></a> were the most trusted putters on the PGA Tour, with 40% of all putters in play in 2017 and topping the equipment counts at every event on Tour this season. During that time, players trusting a Scotty Cameron putter won 20 PGA Tour events, including The Players Championship, three of the four major championships contested this year and a FedExCup playoff event.</li>
<li>Players trusting Scotty Cameron putters captured 71 victories on the worldwide professional golf tours this season, including 11 wins on the LPGA Tour.</li>
<li>This season, <strong><a href="/tour/2179/justin-thomas">Titleist Brand Ambassador Justin Thomas</a></strong> worked with Scotty Cameron on a new putter that would provide the longer sight lines and high-MOI benefits of Scotty&#39;s Futura models, but that would also feature more toe-hang to complement Justin&#39;s putting stroke. The result was the <strong><a href="/teamtitleist/b/tourblog/archive/2017/09/22/video-scotty-cameron-shares-his-inspiration-for-the-new-futura-5.5m">Scotty Cameron Futura 5.5M</a></strong>, a mid mallet chassis with a shorter shaft bend that Thomas used to capture his first major at the PGA Championship, win the FedExCup and earn Player of the Year honors. Recently, the Futura 5.5M joined the Scotty Cameron Futura lineup and is available in golf shops now.</li>
</ul>
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<p><strong>EUROPEAN TOUR</strong></p>
<p><a href="/teamtitleist/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/8407.Spieth_5F00_trophy_5F00_1460x821.jpg"><img src="/teamtitleist/resized-image/__size/730x410/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/8407.Spieth_5F00_trophy_5F00_1460x821.jpg" alt=" " /></a><strong><em><a href="/tour/2170/jordan-spieth"><strong><em>Jordan Spieth </em></strong></a><strong><em>(Winner) - 146th Open Championship: </em></strong></em></strong><em>Titleist Pro V1x golf ball, 915D2/9.5&deg; driver, 915F/15&deg; fairway metal, prototype 718 T-MB (3), 716 T-MB (4) and 716 AP2 (5-9) irons, Vokey Design SM6 pitching (46.06 F grind), gap (52.08 F grind), sand (56.10 S grind) and lob (60.04 L grind) wedges, Scotty Cameron 009 putter</em></p>
<ul>
<li>Players trusting Titleist Pro V1 and Pro V1x golf balls won 22 times during the 2016-2017 European Tour season, compared to five for the nearest competitor.</li>
<li><strong><a href="/tour/2886/tommy-fleetwood">Titleist golf ball loyalist Tommy Fleetwood</a></strong> (Pro V1x) capped off the best season of his career by claiming the Race to Dubai title.The Englishman captured two wins, first at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship in his first event after switching to a Titleist golf ball, and second at the HNA Open de France. Fleetwood added two runner-up finishes to his victories, as well as a 4th place finish at the U.S. Open.</li>
<li>With his dramatic win at this year&#39;s Open Championship,<a href="/tour/2170/jordan-spieth"><strong> Titleist Brand Ambassador Jordan Spieth</strong></a> became only the second golfer in history to win three of four major championships before his 24th birthday. Trusting a Pro V1x golf ball and Titleist golf clubs through the bag at Royal Birkdale, Spieth was the only player to fire four consecutive rounds in the 60&rsquo;s (65-69-65-69). He played his final five holes in 5-under-par to close with 1-under-par 69, good for a 12-under-par 268 victory total, three shots clear of his playing partner and nearest competitor.</li>
<li><a href="/tour/2778/branden-grace"><strong>Titleist golf ball loyalist Branden Grace</strong></a> (Pro V1x) made history when he fired a stunning round of 62 at Royal Birkdale &ndash; the first time a 62 had been recorded in a Major Championship.</li>
<li>At the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship,<a href="/tour/2283/tyrrell-hatton"><strong> Titleist golf ball loyalist Tyrrell Hatton</strong></a> (Pro V1x) successfully defended his 2016 title, making him only the fourth player in history to defend the same event for his first two wins.</li>
<li><strong>Titleist golf ball loyalist SSP Chawrasia</strong> (Pro V1x) became the first player whose first four wins were in their home country. Chawrasia also became the first player from India to successfully defend a European Tour title.</li>
<li><a href="/tour/2316/renato-paratore"><strong>Titleist Brand Ambassador Renato Paratore</strong></a> (Pro V1x) held off the challenges of fellow Titleist golf ball loyalists <a href="/tour/1787/chris-wood"><strong>Chris Wood</strong></a> (Pro V1x) and defending champion <a href="/tour/2568/matthew-fitzpatrick"><strong>Matthew Fitzpatrick</strong></a> (Pro V1x) to claim the Nordea Masters for his first career European Tour title. The 20-year-old Italian became the youngest winner on the European Tour since 2013.</li>
<li>Also celebrating their first victories on the European Tour this year are<strong> Titleist golf ball loyalists <a href="/tour/2857/dylan-frittelli">Dylan Fritelli </a></strong>(Pro V1 / Lyoness Open), <strong>Matt Wallace </strong>(Pro V1x / Open de Portugal), <strong>Jordan Smith</strong> (Pro V1 / Porsche European Open), <a href="/tour/1698/jason-norris"><strong>Jason Norris</strong></a> (Pro V1x / Fiji International), <a href="/tour/3070/julian-suri"><strong>Julian Suri</strong></a> (Pro V1x/ Made in Denmark), <strong>Romain Wattel</strong> (Pro V1x / KLM Open), <strong>Lucas Bjerregaard</strong> (Pro V1 / Portugal Masters) and <strong><a href="/tour/2420/paul-dunne">Titleist Brand Ambassador Paul Dunne</a></strong> (Pro V1x / British Masters).</li>
</ul>
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<p><strong>LPGA TOUR</strong></p>
<p><a href="/teamtitleist/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/IK_5F00_Kim_5F00_ProV1x_5F00_1460x821.jpg"><img src="/teamtitleist/resized-image/__size/730x410/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/IK_5F00_Kim_5F00_ProV1x_5F00_1460x821.jpg" alt=" " /></a><a href="/tour/1245/inkyung-kim"><strong><em>I.K. Kim </em></strong></a><strong><em>(Winner) - ShopRite LPGA Classic, Marathon Classic, Ricoh Women&#39;s British Open</em></strong><em><strong>:</strong></em> <em>Titleist Pro V1x golf ball</em></p>
<ul>
<li>Titleist golf ball loyalists won 20 of the 27 events contested on the 2017 LPGA Tour, five times the nearest competitor with 4.</li>
<li>Players trusting a Pro V1 or Pro V1x golf ball won four of the five major championships staged this year on the LPGA Tour, including <a href="/tour/2015/so-yeon-ryu"><strong>So Yeon Ryu</strong></a> (Pro V1 / ANA LPGA Inspiration), <strong>Danielle Kang</strong> (Pro V1x / KPMG Women&#39;s PGA Championship), <strong>Sung Hyun Park</strong> (Pro V1x / U.S. Women&#39;s Open) and <a href="/tour/1245/inkyung-kim"><strong>In-Kyung Kim</strong></a> (Pro V1x / Ricoh Women&#39;s British Open). These wins marked the first career major titles for each player.</li>
<li>In addition to her win at the Women&#39;s British Open, <strong><a href="/tour/1245/inkyung-kim">Titleist golf ball loyalist In-Kyung Kim</a> </strong>(Pro V1x) captured both the ShopRite LPGA Classic and the Marathon Classic, joining <strong><a href="/tour/2015/so-yeon-ryu">Pro V1 golf ball loyalist So Yeon Ryu</a></strong> (ANA LPGA Inspiration, NW Arkansas Championship), <a href="/tour/2390/brooke-henderson"><strong>Brooke Henderson</strong></a> (Meijer LPGA Classic, New Zealand Women&#39;s Open) and <strong>Sung Hyun Park</strong> (U.S. Women&#39;s Open, Canadian Pacific Women&#39;s Open) and <strong><a href="/tour/1575/shanshan-feng">Shanshan Feng</a></strong> (see below) with multiple wins this season.</li>
<li><strong><a href="/tour/1575/shanshan-feng">Titleist golf ball loyalist Shanshan Feng</a></strong> (Pro V1x) became the only player to win back-to-back on the LPGA Tour in 2017, as she followed up her win at the TOTO Japan Classic with a one-shot victory at the Blue Bay LPGA. It marked the season-high-tying third victory of the year for Feng, who also won the Volvik Championship in May.</li>
<li>When <strong>Sung Hyun Park</strong> (Pro V1x) won the U.S. Women&#39;s Open earlier this month, it also marked the first LPGA Tour title of her career. Park joins <strong>Danielle Kang</strong> (Pro V1x), whose major victory at the KPMG Women&#39;s PGA Championship was also her maiden LPGA Tour victory.</li>
</ul>
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<p><strong>PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS</strong></p>
<p><a href="/teamtitleist/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/5314.Bernhard_5F00_Langer_5F00_Hero_5F00_1460x821.jpg"><img src="/teamtitleist/resized-image/__size/730x410/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/5314.Bernhard_5F00_Langer_5F00_Hero_5F00_1460x821.jpg" alt=" " /></a><strong><em>Bernhard Langer (Winner) - Mitsubishi Electric Championship / Regions Tradition / KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship, Senior Open Championship, PURE Insurance Championship: </em></strong><em>Titleist Pro V1 golf ball</em></p>
<ul>
<li>Titleist golf ball loyalists have won 14 of the first 21 events contested on the 2017 PGA TOUR Champions schedule, five times the nearest competitor with 4.</li>
<li><strong> <strong>Titleist golf ball loyalist Bernhard Langer </strong></strong>(Pro V1) is leading the tour once again with five victories. He earned his record ninth career senior major with a one-shot victory at the KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship, becoming the first player in history to win all five Senior Major Championships. A month later he won his ssecond major of the season at the Senior Open Championship.</li>
<li>At Pebble Beach Golf Links, <strong>Langer</strong> (Pro V1) cruised to a three-shot victory at the PURE Insurance Championship, his fifth victory of the year and the 34th of his PGA TOUR Champions career. The win marks the first for the German since he turned 60 last month.</li>
<li>Joining Langer with multiple wins this season is <strong>Titleist golf ball loyalist Scott McCarron</strong> (Pro V1), who followed up his win at the Allianz Championship with his first major victory, a one-stroke victory over two players (one of whom was Langer) at the Constellation Senior Players Championship. Later in the season, McCarron grabbed two more titles, at the Dick&#39;s Sporting Goods Open and the Shaw Charity Classic.</li>
<li>Also enjoying a major victory this season was <strong>Titleist golf ball loyalist Kenny Perry</strong> (Pro V1x), who captured his second U.S. Senior Open crown with a record-setting score of 16-under-par 264 at Salem Country Club, eclipsing the previous mark of 267, which he set during his 2013 victory at Omaha Country Club.</li>
<li><strong>Titleist golf ball loyalist Kevin Sutherland</strong> (Pro V1x) broke through in a big way on PGA Tour Champions, capturing the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship for his first career win and the points title. He had 15 top-10 finishes this season, finishing second three times and third twice. <strong>Titleist golf ball loyalist Bernhard Langer</strong> (Pro V1), the winner of the first two playoff events, finished second in the season standings, after winning the last three season-ending points titles.</li>
</ul>
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<p><strong>OTHER GLOBAL HIGHLIGHTS</strong></p>
<p><a href="/teamtitleist/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/Chesson_5F00_Hadley_5F00_917D_5F00_1460x821.jpg"><img src="/teamtitleist/resized-image/__size/730x410/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/Chesson_5F00_Hadley_5F00_917D_5F00_1460x821.jpg" alt=" " /></a><strong><em><a href="/tour/2167/chesson-hadley">Chesson Hadley </a>(Winner) - LECOM Health Challenge / Albertsons Boise Open: </em></strong><em>Titleist Pro V1x golf ball, 915D3/10.5&deg; driver, 917F2/15&deg; fairway metal, 716 T-MB (3), 716 MB (4-PW) irons, Vokey Design SM6 gap (52.12 F grind), sand (56.08 M grind) and lob (60.08 Mgrind) wedges</em></p>
<ul>
<li><strong><a href="/tour/2167/chesson-hadley">Titleist Brand Ambassador Chesson Hadley</a></strong> has to the PGA Tour this season along with a host of fellow Pro V1 and Pro V1x golf ball players who earned tour cards through their regular season play on the Web.com Tour and/or the Web.com Finals. In fact, of the 50 players who punched their tickets to the 2017-2018 PGA Tour, 41 trust a Pro V1 of Pro V1x golf ball.</li>
<li>Hadley earned two wins this season and he tops the priority ranking list of the 50 players who will playing on the PGA Tour in 2018.</li>
<li>Also capturing two Web.com Tour wins this season (and also heading to the PGA Tour next season) is <strong>Titleist golf ball loyalist Stephan Jaeger (Pro V1)</strong>, who claimed a two-shot victory at the Rust-Oleum Classic, following up his first victory at the BMW Charity Pro-Am.</li>
<li><strong>Titleist golf ball loyalist Oliver Bekker</strong> (Pro V1) also won multiple times this season, securing victories at the Zambia Sugar Open, the Lombard Insurance Open and the Sun Wild Coast Sun Challenge on the South African Sunshine Tour. <strong>Titleist Pro V1x loyalist Peter Karmis</strong> also won more than once this year, topping the fields at both the Investec Royals Swazi Open and the Sun City Challenge.</li>
<li>Joining Hadley, Jaeger, Bekker and Karmis as a multiple winner this season is <strong>Titleist golf ball loyalist Chan Kim</strong> (Pro V1x), who has collected three victories so far on the Japan JGTO Tour.</li>
<li><a href="/tour/2376/dimitrios-papadatos"><strong>Titleist Brand Ambassador Dimi Papadatos</strong></a> has trusted a Pro V1x golf ball and a full bag of Titleist club equipment to capture two wins to date on the Australasian Tour - at the Victorian PGA Open Championship and at the WA PGA Championship.</li>
<li>On the Mackenzie Tour Canada, <strong>Titleist golf ball loyalist Kramer Hickok</strong> (Pro V1) has prevailed in two tournaments to date, the Players Cup and the Ontario Championship.</li>
<li>Last but not least on our list of multiple winners this season is <strong>Titleist golf ball loyalist SeungHyuk Kim</strong>, who won both the Descente Korea Munsingwear Matchplay and the Genesis Championship.</li>
</ul>
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<p>Below, check out all of the 2016-2017 wins to date and congratulations again to all of <strong>#TeamTitleist </strong>for an amazing season!</p>
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<td width="420"><strong>TOUR (wins)</strong></td>
<td class="spacer" width="309">&nbsp;</td>
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<td><strong>PGA TOUR (22)</strong></td>
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<td>Safeway Open</td>
<td><a href="/tour/1480/brendan-steele">Brendan Steele</a></td>
<td><a href="/golf-balls/Pro-V1-Pro-V1x.aspx">Pro V1x</a><a target="_parent" href="/golfballs/Prov1.aspx"></a></td>
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<td>CIMB Classic</td>
<td><a href="/tour/2179/justin-thomas">Justin Thomas</a></td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
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<td>OHL Classic at Mayakoba</td>
<td>Pat Perez</td>
<td><a href="/golf-balls/Pro-V1-Pro-V1x.aspx">Pro V1</a></td>
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<tr>
<td>RSM Classic</td>
<td><a href="/tour/2702/mackenzie-hughes">Mackenzie Hughes</a></td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>SBS Tournament of Champions</td>
<td><a href="/tour/2179/justin-thomas">Justin Thomas</a></td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Sony Open in Hawaii</td>
<td><a href="/tour/2179/justin-thomas">Justin Thomas</a></td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AT&amp;T Pebble Beach Pro-Am</td>
<td><a href="/tour/2170/jordan-spieth">Jordan Spieth</a></td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Honda Classic</td>
<td><a href="/tour/1795/rickie-fowler">Rickie Fowler</a></td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Puerto Rico Open</td>
<td>D.A. Points</td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Shell Houston Open</td>
<td><a href="/tour/2760/russell-henley">Russell Henley</a></td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Zurich Classic of New Orleans</td>
<td><a href="/tour/2328/cameron-smith">Cameron Smith</a> and Jonas Blixt</td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Wells Fargo Championship</td>
<td>Winner</td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AT&amp;T Byron Nelson Championship</td>
<td><a href="/tour/1910/billy-horschel">Billy Horschel</a></td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>DEAN &amp; DELUCA Invitational</td>
<td><a href="/tour/2348/kevin-kisner">Kevin Kisner</a></td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>The Memorial Tournament</td>
<td><a href="/tour/1072/jason-dufner">Jason Dufner</a></td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>117th U.S. OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP</td>
<td>Winner</td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Travelers Championship</td>
<td><a href="/tour/2170/jordan-spieth">Jordan Spieth</a></td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Quicken Loans National</td>
<td><a href="https://www.titleist.com/tour/1794/kyle-stanley">Kyle Stanley</a></td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>RBC Canadian Open</td>
<td><a href="/tour/3046/jhonattan-vegas">Jhonattan Vegas</a></td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>THE PGA CHAMPIONSHIP</td>
<td><a href="/tour/2179/justin-thomas">Justin Thomas</a></td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Wyndham Championship</td>
<td><a href="/tour/1188/henrik-stenson">Henrik Stenson</a></td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Dell Technologies Championship</td>
<td><a href="/tour/2179/justin-thomas">Justin Thomas</a></td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="420"><strong>EUROPEAN TOUR (27)</strong></td>
<td class="spacer">&nbsp;</td>
<td class="spacer">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Alfred Dunhill Championship</td>
<td><a href="/tour/2368/brandon-stone">Brandon Stone</a></td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>BMW South African Open</td>
<td><a href="/tour/893/graeme-storm">Graeme Storm</a></td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship</td>
<td><a href="/tour/2886/tommy-fleetwood">Tommy Fleetwood</a></td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Commercial Bank Qatar Masters</td>
<td><a href="/tour/2461/jeunghun-wang">Jeung-hun Wang</a></td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Maybank Championship</td>
<td><a href="/tour/1453/fabrizio-zanotti">Fabrizio Zanotti</a></td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>World Super 6 Perth</td>
<td><a href="/tour/411/brett-rumford">Brett Rumford</a></td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Joburg Open</td>
<td>Darren Fichardt</td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Hero Indian Open</td>
<td><a href="/tour/1499/ssp-chawrasia">SSP Chawrasia</a></td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Shenzhen International</td>
<td><a href="/tour/1653/bernd-wiesberger">Bernd Wiesberger</a></td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Volvo China Open</td>
<td><a href="/tour/2104/alexander-levy">Alex Levy</a></td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Open de Portugal</td>
<td>Matt Wallace</td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Nordea Masters</td>
<td><a href="/tour/2316/renato-paratore">Renato Paratore</a></td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Lyoness Open</td>
<td><a href="/tour/2857/dylan-frittelli">Dylan Frittelli</a></td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>HNA Open de France</td>
<td><a href="/tour/2886/tommy-fleetwood">Tommy Fleetwood</a></td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AAM Scottish Open</td>
<td><a href="/tour/1212/rafa-cabrera-bello">Rafa Cabrera-Bello</a></td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>THE 146th OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP</td>
<td><a href="/tour/2170/jordan-spieth">Jordan Spieth</a></td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Porche European Open</td>
<td>Jordan Smith</td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Fiji International</td>
<td><a href="/tour/1698/jason-norris">Jason Norris</a></td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Made In Denmark</td>
<td><a href="/tour/3070/julian-suri">Julian Suri</a></td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>D+D Real Czech Masters</td>
<td>Haydn Porteous</td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Omega European Masters</td>
<td><a href="https://www.titleist.com/tour/2568/matthew-fitzpatrick">Matthew Fitzpatrick</a></td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>KLM Open</td>
<td>Romain Wattel</td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Portugal Masters</td>
<td>Lucas Bjerregaard</td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>British Masters</td>
<td><a href="/tour/2420/paul-dunne">Paul Dunne</a></td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Alfred Dunhill Links Championship</td>
<td><a href="/tour/2283/tyrrell-hatton">Tyrrell Hatton</a></td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Italian Open</td>
<td><a href="/tour/2283/tyrrell-hatton">Tyrrell Hatton</a></td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Nedbank Golf Challenge</td>
<td><a href="/tour/2778/branden-grace">Branden Grace</a></td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="420"><strong>LPGA TOUR (25)</strong></td>
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<td class="spacer">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>PureSilk LPGA Classic</td>
<td><a href="/tour/710/brittany-lincicome">Brittany Lincicome</a></td>
<td>Pro V1 x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ISPS Handa Women&#39;s Australain Open</td>
<td><a href="/tour/2266/ha-na-jang">Ha Na Jang</a></td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Honda LPGA Thailand</td>
<td><a href="/tour/1644/amy-yang">Amy Yang</a></td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Kia LPGA Classic</td>
<td><a href="/tour/2205/mirim-lee">Mirim Lee</a></td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ANA LPGA Inspiration</td>
<td><a href="/tour/2015/so-yeon-ryu">So Yeon Ryu</a></td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>LPGA LOTTE Championship</td>
<td><a href="/tour/598/cristie-kerr">Cristie Kerr</a></td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Volunteers of America Texas Shootout</td>
<td><a href="/tour/2209/harukyo-nomura">Haru Nomura</a></td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Lorena Ochoa Match Play</td>
<td><a href="/tour/2361/sei-young-kim">Sei Young Kim</a></td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>LPGA Volvik Championship</td>
<td><a href="/tour/1575/shanshan-feng">Shanshan Feng</a></td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ShopRite LPGA Classic</td>
<td><a href="/tour/1245/inkyung-kim">In-Kyung Kim</a></td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Manulife LPGA Classic</td>
<td><a href="/tour/2463/ariya-jutanugarn">Ariya Jutanugarn</a></td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Meijer LPGA Classic</td>
<td><a href="/tour/2390/brooke-henderson">Brooke Henderson</a></td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NW Arkansas Championship</td>
<td><a href="/tour/2015/so-yeon-ryu">So Yeon Ryu</a></td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>KPMG Women&#39;s PGA Championship</td>
<td>Danielle Kang</td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic</td>
<td><a href="https://www.titleist.com/tour/1242/katherine-kirk">Katherine Kirk</a></td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>U.S. Women&#39;s Open</td>
<td>Sung Hyun Park</td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Marathon Classic</td>
<td><a href="/tour/1245/inkyung-kim">In-Kyung Kim</a></td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Ricoh Women&#39;s British Open</td>
<td><a href="/tour/1245/inkyung-kim">In-Kyung Kim</a></td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Canadian Pacific Women&#39;s Open</td>
<td>Sung Hyun Park</td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>New Zealand Women&#39;s Open</td>
<td><a href="/tour/2390/brooke-henderson">Brooke Henderson</a></td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Taiwan Championship</td>
<td><a href="/tour/2200/eunhee-ji">Eun-Hee Ji</a></td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia</td>
<td><a href="/tour/598/cristie-kerr">Cristie Kerr</a><a href="/tour/2200/eunhee-ji"></a></td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>TOTO Japan Classic</td>
<td><a href="/tour/1575/shanshan-feng">Shanshan Feng</a><a href="/tour/2200/eunhee-ji"></a></td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Blue Bay LPGA</td>
<td><a href="/tour/1575/shanshan-feng">Shanshan Feng</a><a href="/tour/2200/eunhee-ji"></a></td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>CME Group Titleholders</td>
<td><a href="/tour/2463/ariya-jutanugarn">Ariya Jutanugarn</a></td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="420"><strong>PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS (17)</strong></td>
<td class="spacer">&nbsp;</td>
<td class="spacer">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Mitsubishi Electric Championship</td>
<td>Bernhard Langer</td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Allianz Championship</td>
<td>Scott McCarron</td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Tucson Conquistadors Championship</td>
<td>Tom Lehman</td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Mitsubishi Electric Championship</td>
<td>Stephen Ames</td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Insperity Invitational</td>
<td>John Daly</td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Regions Tradition</td>
<td>Bernhard Langer</td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship</td>
<td>Bernhard Langer</td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>U.S. Senior Open</td>
<td>Kenny Perry</td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Constellation Senior Players Championship</td>
<td>Scott McCarron</td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Senior Open Championship</td>
<td>Bernhard Langer</td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>3M Championship</td>
<td>Paul Goydos</td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Dick&#39;s Sporting Goods Open</td>
<td>Scott McCarron</td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Shaw Charity Classic</td>
<td>Scott McCarron</td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>PURE Insurance Championship</td>
<td>Bernhard Langer</td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Dominion Energy Charity Classic</td>
<td>Bernhard Langer</td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Powershares QQQ Championship</td>
<td>Bernhard Langer</td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Charles Schwab Cup Championship</td>
<td>Kevin Sutherland</td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="420"><strong>WEB.COM TOUR (21)</strong></td>
<td class="spacer">&nbsp;</td>
<td class="spacer">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>The Bahamas Great Exuma Classic</td>
<td>Kyle Thompson</td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>The Bahama Great Abaco Classic</td>
<td>Andrew Landry</td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Club Colombia Championship</td>
<td><a href="/tour/2524/ethan-tracy">Ethan Tracy</a></td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Chitimacha Louisiana Open</td>
<td>Casey Wittenburg</td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>United Leasing &amp; Finance Championship</td>
<td><a href="/tour/1498/dh-lee">D.H. Lee</a></td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Corales Puntacana Championship</td>
<td>Nate Lashley</td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>BMW Charity Pro-Am</td>
<td>Stephen Jaeger</td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Rex Hospital Open</td>
<td>Conrad Shindler</td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Rust-Oleum Championship</td>
<td>Stephen Jaeger</td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Lincoln Land Charity Championship</td>
<td>Adam Schenk</td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Nashville Golf Open</td>
<td><a href="https://www.titleist.com/tour/2362/lanto-griffin">Lanto Griffin</a></td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>LECOM Health Challenge</td>
<td><a href="https://www.titleist.com/tour/2167/chesson-hadley">Chesson Hadley</a></td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Utah Championship</td>
<td>Brice Garnett</td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Digital Ally Open</td>
<td>Zecheng Dou</td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Ellie Mae Classic</td>
<td>Martin Piller</td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Price Cutter Charity Championship</td>
<td>Ben Silverman</td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>News Sentinel Open</td>
<td>Winner</td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>WinCo Foods Portland Open</td>
<td>Brice Garnett</td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Nationwide Children&#39;s Hospitals Championship</td>
<td><a href="/tour/2046/peter-uihlein">Peter Uihlein</a></td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Albertsons Boise Open</td>
<td><a href="https://www.titleist.com/tour/2167/chesson-hadley">Chesson Hadley</a></td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>DAP Championship</td>
<td>Nicholas Lindheim</td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong>SOUTH AFRICAN TOUR (16)</strong></td>
<td class="spacer">&nbsp;</td>
<td class="spacer">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Eye of Africa PGA Championship</td>
<td>Erik van Rooyen</td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Dimension Data Pro-Am</td>
<td>Paul Lawrie</td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Zimbabwe Open</td>
<td>JC Ritchie</td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Zambia Sugar Open</td>
<td>Oliver Bekker</td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Investec Royal Swazi Open</td>
<td>Peter Karmis</td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Lombard Insurance Classic</td>
<td>Oliver Bekker</td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Zambia Open</td>
<td>Riekus Nortje</td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Sun City Challenge</td>
<td>Peter Karmis</td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Sun Carnival City Challenge</td>
<td>Jbe Kruger</td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Vodacom Origins - Arabella</td>
<td>Keith Horne</td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Sun Wild Coast Sun Challenge</td>
<td>Oliver Bekker</td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Vodacom Origins - Zimbali</td>
<td>Jared Harvey</td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Sun Fish River Challenge</td>
<td>MJ Viljoen</td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Sun Boardwalk Challenge</td>
<td>Tyrone Ryan</td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Sun Sabiya Challenge</td>
<td>Alex Haindl</td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Vodacom Origins of Golf Final</td>
<td>Jaco Prinsloo</td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="420"><strong>ASIAN TOUR (8)</strong></td>
<td class="spacer">&nbsp;</td>
<td class="spacer">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Bashundhara Bangladesh Open</td>
<td>Jazz Janewattananond</td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Yeangder Heritage</td>
<td>Shiv Kapur</td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Thailand Open</td>
<td>Rattanon Wannasricahn</td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>TAKE Solutions Masters</td>
<td>Poom Saksansin</td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Yeangder Tournament Players Championship</td>
<td>Ajeetesh Sandhu</td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Macau Open</td>
<td><a href="/tour/1517/gaganjeet-bhullar">Gaganjeet Bhullar</a></td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Panasonic Open India</td>
<td>Shiv Kapur</td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Resorts World Manila Masters</td>
<td>Micah Lauren Shin</td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="420"><strong>JAPAN TOUR (14)</strong></td>
<td class="spacer">&nbsp;</td>
<td class="spacer">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Leopalace21 Myanmar Open</td>
<td>Winner</td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Token Homemate Cup</td>
<td>Wen-Chong Liang</td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Panasonic Open Japan</td>
<td>Kenichi Kuboya</td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Kansai Open</td>
<td>Shugo Imahira</td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>miz Open</td>
<td>Chan Kim</td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>JGTO Championship</td>
<td>Shaun Norris</td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Sega Sammy Cup</td>
<td>Chan Kim</td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Fujisankei Classic</td>
<td>Hyun-Woo Ryu</td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Tokai Classic</td>
<td>Satoshi Kodaira</td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Mynavi ABC Championship</td>
<td>Tatsuya Kodai</td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Heiwa PGM Championship</td>
<td>Chan Kim</td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters</td>
<td><a href="/tour/2756/satoshi-kodaira">Satoshi Kodaira</a></td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Dunlop Phoenix</td>
<td>Winner</td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Casio World Open</td>
<td>Seung-Su Han</td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong>AUSTRALASIAN TOUR (11)</strong></td>
<td class="spacer">&nbsp;</td>
<td class="spacer">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Victorian PGA Open Championship</td>
<td><a href="/tour/2376/dimitrios-papadatos">Dimi Papadatos</a></td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>New Zealand PGA Championship</td>
<td><a href="/tour/2374/jarryd-felton">Jarryd Felton</a></td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>New Zealand Open Championship</td>
<td><a href="/teamtitleist/controlpanel/blogs/posteditor.aspx/New%20Zealand%20Open
Jarryd%20Felton
New%202017%20Pro%20V1x">Mike Hendry</a></td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Queensland PGA Championship</td>
<td><a href="/tour/3045/daniel-pearce">Daniel Pearce</a></td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Papua New Guinea Open</td>
<td>Winner</td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>WA PGA Championship</td>
<td><a href="/tour/2376/dimitrios-papadatos">Dimi Papadatos</a></td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Northern Territory PGA Championship</td>
<td>Winner</td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Western Australian Open</td>
<td><a href="/tour/976/stephen-leaney">Stephen Leaney</a></td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Isuzu Queensland Open</td>
<td><a href="/tour/1103/michael-sim">Michael Sim</a></td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NSW Open</td>
<td><a href="/tour/2318/jason-scrivener">Jason Scrivener</a></td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Emirates Australian Open</td>
<td>Cameron Davis</td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong>MACKENZIE TOUR CANADA (5)</strong></td>
<td class="spacer">&nbsp;</td>
<td class="spacer">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Bayview Place Cardtronics Open</td>
<td><a href="/tour/2684/max-rottluff">Max Rottluff</a></td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>GolfBC Championship</td>
<td><a href="/tour/2674/robby-shelton">Robby Shelton</a></td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>The Players Cup</td>
<td>Kramer Hickok</td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Mackenzie Investements Open</td>
<td><a href="/tour/2683/hank-lebioda">Hank Lebioda</a></td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Ontario Championship</td>
<td>Kramer Hickok</td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong>ONEASIA TOUR (2)</strong></td>
<td class="spacer">&nbsp;</td>
<td class="spacer">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>GS Caltex Maekyung Open</td>
<td>Sang Hee Lee</td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Kolon Korea Open</td>
<td>Yi Keun Chang</td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong>KOREAN TOUR (14)</strong></td>
<td class="spacer">&nbsp;</td>
<td class="spacer">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>SK Telecom Open</td>
<td><a href="/tour/2457/jinho-choi">JinHo Choi</a></td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Caido Dream Open</td>
<td>WooHyun Kim</td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Descente Korea Munsingwear Matchplay</td>
<td>SeungHyuk Kim</td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Caido Golden V1 Open</td>
<td>JungHwan Lee</td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>KPGA Championship</td>
<td>JungGon Hwang</td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Gunsan CC Jeonbuk Open</td>
<td>HyungJoon Lee</td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Caido Male Open</td>
<td>KyungNam Kang</td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Gyeongbuk Open</td>
<td>HyungSeok Seo</td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Teeupㆍgswing MEGA Open</td>
<td>Yi Keun Chang</td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ShinHan DongHae Open</td>
<td>Richard T. Lee</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Genesis Championship</td>
<td>SeungHyuk Kim</td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Jeju Open</td>
<td>JiHoon Lee</td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>K.J Invitational</td>
<td>InnChoon Hwang</td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Caido Series Tour Championship</td>
<td>GoWoong Choi</td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong>PGA TOUR CHINA (9)</strong></td>
<td class="spacer">&nbsp;</td>
<td class="spacer">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Beijing Open</td>
<td><a href="/tour/2285/bryden-macpherson">Bryden Macpherson</a></td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Yulongwan Yunnan Open</td>
<td>Josh Geary</td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>CGD Yunnan Championship</td>
<td>Shun Yat Hak</td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Binhai Forest Tianjing Open</td>
<td>Taihei Sato</td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Shenzhou Peninsula Classic</td>
<td><a href="/tour/2730/taewoo-kim">Taewoo Kim</a></td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Clearwater Bay Open</td>
<td>James Marchesani</td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Jiangsu Open</td>
<td>Callum Tarren</td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Hunan Taohuayuan Open</td>
<td>Benjamin Lein</td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Chongqing Jiangnan NewTown KingRun Open</td>
<td>Kevin Lee</td>
<td>Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong>PGA TOUR LATINOAM&Eacute;RICA (9)</strong></td>
<td class="spacer">&nbsp;</td>
<td class="spacer">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>70 Avianca Colombia Open</td>
<td>&nbsp;Winner</td>
<td>&nbsp;Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Molino Canuelas Championship</td>
<td>&nbsp;Winner</td>
<td>&nbsp;Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Guatemala Stella Artois Open</td>
<td>&nbsp;Winner</td>
<td>&nbsp;Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>86 Abierto OSDE del Centro</td>
<td>&nbsp;Winner</td>
<td>&nbsp;Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Essential Costa Rica Classic</td>
<td>&nbsp;Winner</td>
<td>&nbsp;Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>San Luis Championship</td>
<td>&nbsp;Oscar Fraustro</td>
<td>&nbsp;Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Roberto De Vicenzo Punta del Este Open</td>
<td>Brian Richey</td>
<td>Pro V1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Bolivia Open</td>
<td>&nbsp;Juan Alvarez</td>
<td>&nbsp;Pro V1x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Argentina Open</td>
<td>&nbsp;Brady Schnell</td>
<td>&nbsp;Pro V1</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p style="padding:0;margin:0;"></p>
</div>
<p><strong>#TeamTitleist</strong></p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.titleist.com/teamtitleist/aggbug?PostID=93049&AppID=117&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">Rick V., Team Titleist Staffhttp://www.titleist.com/teamtitleist/members/rickv1Ormsby, Davis, Han and Lee Combine for Four Pro V1x Winshttp://www.titleist.com/teamtitleist/gb/b/weblog/archive/2017/11/27/ormsby-davis-han-and-lee-combine-for-four-pro-v1x-wins2017-11-27T09:29:39Z2017-11-27T09:29:39Z<p><a href="/teamtitleist/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/ProV1x_5F00_1460x821-2017.jpg"><img src="/teamtitleist/resized-image/__size/1460x820/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/ProV1x_5F00_1460x821-2017.jpg" alt=" " /></a></p>
<p>On golf&#39;s biggest stages, the winning ways continue for Titleist, as Titleist Brand Ambassadors and golf ball loyalists combined for four more <strong></strong>victories across the worldwide professional tours. Titleist golf ball players have now recorded <strong>201 victories</strong> across the worldwide professional tours, <strong>more than seven times</strong> the nearest competitor with <strong>28</strong>.</p>
<p>To date this season, the game&#39;s finest players have relied on a Titleist Pro V1 or Pro V1x golf ball <strong>25,993</strong> times, <strong>nearly seven times</strong> the nearest competitor with <strong>3,820</strong> and more than all competitors combined.<a id="Ormsby"></a></p>
<p>&bull; &bull; &bull;</p>
<p><a href="/teamtitleist/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/TIG_5F00_Wade_5F00_Ormsby_5F00_titleist2017_2D00_11_2D00_27_5F00_05_2D00_58_2D00_39.png"><img src="/teamtitleist/resized-image/__size/1460x820/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/TIG_5F00_Wade_5F00_Ormsby_5F00_titleist2017_2D00_11_2D00_27_5F00_05_2D00_58_2D00_39.png" alt=" " /></a></p>
<p>At the 2017-18 European Tour season-opener, <a href="/tour/2218/wade-ormsby"><strong>Titleist Brand Ambassador Wade Ormsby</strong></a> (Pro V1x) prevailed on a dramatic final day to claim his first career European Tour title at the UBS Hong Kong Open. Ormsby closed with a 2-under-par 68 en route to an 11-under-par 269 total, one shot clear of fellow <a href="/tour/1212/rafa-cabrera-bello"><strong>Titleist Brand Ambassador Rafa Cabrera Bello</strong></a> (Pro V1x) and Titleist golf ball loyalists <strong>Paul Peterson </strong>(Pro V1x) and <strong>Julian Suri</strong> (Pro V1x).</p>
<p>Race to Dubai champion <a href="/tour/2886/tommy-fleetwood"><strong>Tommy Fleetwood</strong></a> (Pro V1x), finished solo 6th in defense of his title, as each of the top six finishers relied upon Titleist golf balls for their success.</p>
<p>Nearly three out of every four players in the field (96) relied upon a Pro V1 or Pro V1x golf ball for their success, more than five times the nearest competitor (17).*</p>
<p>Let&#39;s take a look at the winning setup that Wade used in his victory in Hong Kong.</p>
<p><strong>Golf Ball:</strong>&nbsp;Pro V1x</p>
<p><strong>Driver:</strong>&nbsp;917D2 (8.5&ordm;)&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Fairway:</strong>&nbsp;917F2 (15&ordm;)</p>
<p><strong>Irons:&nbsp;</strong>718 CB (4-5), 718 MB (6-9)</p>
<p><strong>Wedges:&nbsp;</strong>Vokey Design SM6 pitching (46&deg;), sand (54&deg;) and lob (58&deg;)</p>
<p><strong>Putter:&nbsp;</strong>Scotty Cameron X5R</p>
<p></p>
<p><span><em>*Equipment counts provided by Northmountain International Limited</em></span></p>
<p>&bull;&bull;&bull;</p>
<p><a href="/teamtitleist/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/TIG_5F00_Cameron_5F00_Davis_5F00_titleist2017_2D00_11_2D00_27_5F00_06_2D00_10_2D00_36.png"><img src="/teamtitleist/resized-image/__size/1460x820/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/TIG_5F00_Cameron_5F00_Davis_5F00_titleist2017_2D00_11_2D00_27_5F00_06_2D00_10_2D00_36.png" alt=" " /></a></p>
<p>In Australia, <strong>Titleist golf ball loyalist Cameron Davis</strong> (Pro V1x) captured the Emirates Australian Open for his first career win. The 22-year-old&rsquo;s victory came at The Australian Golf Club layout where he won the Australian Amateur title in 2015.</p>
<p>Davis, who opened with an 8-under-par 63 and closed with a 7-under 64, finished one shot clear of fellow <a href="/tour/867/matt-jones"><strong>Titleist Brand Ambassador Matt Jones </strong></a>(Pro V1x) and <strong>Titleist golf ball loyalist Jonas Blixt</strong> (Pro V1x). Davis, Jones and Blixt each secured their spots in the 2018 Open Championship with their performances in this qualifying event.</p>
<p><strong><a href="/tour/2328/cameron-smith">Titleist Brand Ambassador Cameron Smith</a></strong> (Pro V1x) finished another shot back in solo 4th place, as each of the top four finishers relied upon Titleist golf balls, with three of them relying on Titleist golf clubs as well.</p>
<p><strong><a href="/tour/2170/jordan-spieth">Titleist Brand Ambassador Jordan Spieth</a></strong> (Pro V1x), playing in his first event since the Presidents Cup, closed with a 4-under-par 67 to finish solo 8th. Spieth had new 718 AP2 irons and Vokey Design SM7 prototype wedges in the bag for the first time in competition.</p>
<p>Titleist was the most played golf ball at the Australian Open with more than 4 out of 5 players (128) teeing up a Pro V1 or Pro V1x, nearly 13 times the nearest competitor with 10.</p>
<p>Nine of the 11 players who finished among the top 10 and ties trusted Titleist golf balls for their success.</p>
<p>Titleist also topped the count in drivers (59) and irons (83) at the event.<a id="Han"></a></p>
<p>&bull;&bull;&bull;</p>
<p>&nbsp;<a href="/teamtitleist/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/TIG_5F00_Seung_2D00_Su_2D00_Han_5F00_titleist2017_2D00_11_2D00_27_5F00_06_2D00_05_2D00_27.png"><img src="/teamtitleist/resized-image/__size/1460x820/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/TIG_5F00_Seung_2D00_Su_2D00_Han_5F00_titleist2017_2D00_11_2D00_27_5F00_06_2D00_05_2D00_27.png" alt=" " /></a></p>
<p>In Japan, <strong>Titleist golf ball loyalist Seung-Su Han</strong> (Pro V1x) posted a 65-66 on the weekend in a come-from-behind, one-shot victory at the Casio World Open. He finished with a 13-under-par 275 victory total. It marked the first career crown for Han in his three years on the JGTO.</p>
<p><strong><a href="/tour/1542/kyungtae-kim">Titleist Brand Ambassador K.T. Kim</a></strong> (Pro V1x) was among four players who tied for 2nd.</p>
<p>Titleist was the top choice in golf balls with 56, more than all other golf balls combined.<a id="Lee"></a></p>
<p>&bull;&bull;&bull;</p>
<p><a href="/teamtitleist/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/TIG_5F00_Kevin_5F00_Lee_5F00_titleist2017_2D00_11_2D00_27_5F00_06_2D00_08_2D00_27.png"><img src="/teamtitleist/resized-image/__size/1460x820/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/TIG_5F00_Kevin_5F00_Lee_5F00_titleist2017_2D00_11_2D00_27_5F00_06_2D00_08_2D00_27.png" alt=" " /></a></p>
<p>And finally, <strong>Titleist golf ball loyalist Kevin Lee</strong> (Pro V1x) closed with a 1-under-par 71 en route to a 12-under-par 276 victory total, claiming his first win at the China Tour&rsquo;s season-ending event, the Jiangnan NewTown KingRun Open.</p>
<p><strong>Titleist Brand Ambassador Zihan She</strong> (Pro V1x) and <strong>Pro V1 golf ball loyalist Shotaro Ban</strong> tied for 2nd, one shot back.</p>
<p>Titleist was the overwhelming top choice in golf balls with more than 3 out of every 4 players (82) trusting a Pro V1 or Pro V1x, nearly seven times the nearest competitor with 12.</p>
<p>Nine of the top 11 players who finished among the top 10 and ties relied upon Titleist golf balls for their success.</p>
<p>&bull; &bull; &bull;</p>
<p>Congratulations to all of #TeamTitleist!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.titleist.com/teamtitleist/aggbug?PostID=93036&AppID=117&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">Rick V., Team Titleist Staffhttp://www.titleist.com/teamtitleist/members/rickv1A Season to Remember for Tommy Fleetwoodhttp://www.titleist.com/teamtitleist/gb/b/weblog/archive/2017/11/22/a-season-to-remember-for-tommy-fleetwood2017-11-22T15:36:14Z2017-11-22T15:36:14Z<p><a href="/teamtitleist/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/Tommy-Fleetwood_5F00_1460x821.jpg"><img src="/teamtitleist/resized-image/__size/1460x820/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/Tommy-Fleetwood_5F00_1460x821.jpg" alt=" " /></a></p>
<p>As the 2017 European Tour season came to a close at the DP World Championship, <strong><a href="/tour/2886/tommy-fleetwood">Titleist golf ball loyalist Tommy Fleetwood</a></strong> (Pro V1x) claimed the Race to Dubai title, rounding-off another year of success&nbsp; for the #1 ball in golf.</p>
<p>Fleetwood&#39;s season (the best of his career to date) included two wins, first at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship in his first event after switching to a Titleist golf ball, and second at the HNA Open de France. Fleetwood added two runner-up finishes to his victories, as well as a 4th place finish at the U.S. Open.</p>
<p>&ldquo;My ultimate goal in life is to be the best player in the world,&rdquo; said Fleetwood after he was awarded the Harry Vardon Trophy. &ldquo;That will always be the same. Whether I achieve it or not is another thing but I&rsquo;ll always strive for that.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&bull; &bull; &bull;&nbsp;</p>
<p><a href="/teamtitleist/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/Spieth_5F00_Birkdale_5F00_1460x821.jpg"><img src="/teamtitleist/resized-image/__size/1460x820/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/Spieth_5F00_Birkdale_5F00_1460x821.jpg" alt=" " /></a></p>
<p><strong>ADDITIONAL EUROPEAN TOUR HIGHLIGHTS</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Once again, more players relied upon the performance excellence of the Pro V1 franchise at every one of the 48 events making up the Race to Dubai, with Titleist golf ball loyalists amassing 30 victories this season, including three Major Championships.</li>
<li>The performance excellence of the Pro V1 family was evident in each of these victories, including momentous wins for Titleist Brand Ambassadors<a href="/tour/2170/jordan-spieth"><strong> Jordan Spieth</strong></a> (Pro V1x) and <strong><a href="/tour/2179/justin-thomas">Justin Thomas</a></strong> (Pro V1x), who also trusted Titleist golf clubs tee-to-green to claim Major Championship victories at the Open Championship and the PGA Championship, respectively. In fact, Titleist golf ball players collected a total of 12 Major victories across the men&rsquo;s, women&rsquo;s and seniors&rsquo; games in 2017.</li>
<li>This season, an overwhelming 73% of all European Tour players chose to tee up a Pro V1 or Pro V1x this season, compared to 9% for the nearest competitor.</li>
<li>Titleist <a href="/teamtitleist/b/tourblog/archive/2017/08/22/momentum-rolls-on-for-new-titleist-prototype-718-irons-and-818-hybrids">unveiled new 718 prototype irons</a> at the HNA Open de France (as well as the PGA Tour&#39;s Quicken Loans National) and <a href="/teamtitleist/b/tourblog/archive/2017/08/22/momentum-rolls-on-for-new-titleist-prototype-718-irons-and-818-hybrids">new 818 prototype hybrids</a> two weeks later at the Scottish Open and the PGA Tour&#39;s John Deere Classic.</li>
<li><strong><a href="/tour/1212/rafa-cabrera-bello">Titleist Brand Ambassador Rafa Cabrera Bello</a></strong> became the first player to win with new Titleist 718 irons, capturing the Scottish Open the first time he used his new 718 MB irons in competition.</li>
<li><a href="/tour/2170/jordan-spieth"><strong>Titleist Brand Ambassador Jordan Spieth</strong></a> put a new 718 T-MB 3-iron in the bag shorlty before this year&#39;s Open Championship. His amazing recovery shot with the new club on No. 13 at Royal Birkdale helped turn the momentum around in the final round as he claimed his first Claret Jug.</li>
<li><a href="/tour/2778/branden-grace"><strong>Titleist golf ball loyalist Branden Grace</strong></a> (Pro V1x) made history when he fired a stunning round of 62 at Royal Birkdale &ndash; the first time a 62 had been recorded in a Major Championship.</li>
<li>At the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship,<a href="/tour/2283/tyrrell-hatton"><strong> Titleist golf ball loyalist Tyrrell Hatton</strong></a> (Pro V1x) successfully defended his 2016 title, making him only the fourth player in history to defend the same event for his first two wins.</li>
<li>And finally, <strong>Titleist golf ball loyalist SSP Chawrasia</strong> (Pro V1x) became the first player whose first four wins were in their home country. Chawrasia also became the first player from India to successfully defend a European Tour title.</li>
</ul>
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<p><b>SOCIAL BUZZ:</b></p>
<p>The exact moment that Tommy learned he had won the Race to Dubai title:</p>
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<p>A large trophy for a big accomplishment.</p>
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<p>The numbers don&#39;t lie.</p>
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<p>Some great insight into the marathon that Tour players like Tommy Fleetwood run in pursuit of the season-long Race to Dubai.</p>
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<p>The textbook swing that produced a memorable season.</p>
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<p>Fleetwood&#39;s first victory in 2017 came at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, a title he&#39;ll defend this January.</p>
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<p>His second victory came at the HANA Open de France, where he edged <a href="/tour/2046/peter-uihlein"><strong>Titleist Brand Ambassador Peter Uihlein </strong></a>(Pro V1x) by a single shot.</p>
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<p>Here&#39;s to many more victories for this year&#39;s European Tour No. 1!</p>
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<p>Congratulations, Tommy, from all of #TeamTitleist!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.titleist.com/teamtitleist/aggbug?PostID=93020&AppID=117&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">Rick V., Team Titleist Staffhttp://www.titleist.com/teamtitleist/members/rickv1Vokey SM7 Prototype Wedges Quickly Become #1 On Tourhttp://www.titleist.com/teamtitleist/gb/b/weblog/archive/2017/11/21/vokey-sm7-prototype-wedges-quickly-become-_2300_1-on-tour2017-11-21T17:39:16Z2017-11-21T17:39:16Z<p><a href="/teamtitleist/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/SM7_5F00_Nov_5F00_2017_5F00_1460x821.jpg"><img src="/teamtitleist/resized-image/__size/730x410/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/SM7_5F00_Nov_5F00_2017_5F00_1460x821.jpg" alt=" " /></a></p>
<p>Vokey Design SM7 Prototype Wedges made their debut earlier this month at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. The response by Tour players has been overwhelmingly positive and at The RSM Classic, Vokey Design SM7 prototype wedges officially became the #1 wedge on Tour.<br /><br />&quot;Players tested the SM7 prototypes and mentioned their soft feel, lower launch, and higher spin around the greens,&rdquo; said Vokey Wedge Representative Aaron Dill.&nbsp; &ldquo;All the key things that we strive to achieve in wedge development was validated in the first week. When a player tells you it&#39;s easier to hit wedge shots you know you have something special.&quot;<br /><br /> At the RSM Classic both SM7 and SM6 surpassed the wedge count of any other competing brand, confirming Vokey Design Wedges as the clear #1 Wedge on Tour.</p>
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<td>Vokey Design SM6</td>
<td>69</td>
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<td>61</td>
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<p>The seeding process also continued across the pond this past week in Dubai, at the DP World Championship.</p>
<p>Our expert Titleist Fitting Technicians were on site gathering information from Tour players in the first step of the validation process that ensures the #1 Wedge on Tour performs at the highest level.</p>
<p>To take you inside the early Tour seeding action, here are some of our favorite photos, courtesy of the Titleist UK team.</p>
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<p><strong>#TeamTitleist</strong></p>
</div><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.titleist.com/teamtitleist/aggbug?PostID=93009&AppID=117&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">Rick V., Team Titleist Staffhttp://www.titleist.com/teamtitleist/members/rickv1Cook and Jutanugarn Lead 6-Win Week for Titleist Golf Ball Playershttp://www.titleist.com/teamtitleist/gb/b/weblog/archive/2017/11/20/cook-and-jutanugarn-lead-6-win-week-for-titleist-golf-ball-players2017-11-20T15:00:00Z2017-11-20T15:00:00Z<p><a href="/teamtitleist/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/ProV1_5F00_Teeing_5F00_rev_5F00_1460x821.jpg"><img src="/teamtitleist/resized-image/__size/2080x1640/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/ProV1_5F00_Teeing_5F00_rev_5F00_1460x821.jpg" alt=" " /></a></p>
<p>On golf&#39;s biggest stages, the winning ways continue for Titleist, as Titleist Brand Ambassadors and golf ball loyalists combined for six <strong></strong>victories across the worldwide professional tours. Titleist golf ball players have now recorded <strong>197 victories</strong> across the worldwide professional tours, <strong>more than seven times</strong> the nearest competitor with <strong>28</strong>.</p>
<p>To date this season, the game&#39;s finest players have relied on a Titleist Pro V1 or Pro V1x golf ball <strong>25,727</strong> times, <strong>nearly seven times</strong> the nearest competitor with <strong>3,778</strong> and more than all competitors combined.<a id="Kizzire"></a></p>
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<p><a href="/teamtitleist/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/TIG_5F00_Austin_5F00_Cook_5F00_titleist2017_2D00_11_2D00_20_5F00_10_2D00_04_2D00_58.png"><img src="/teamtitleist/resized-image/__size/730x410/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/TIG_5F00_Austin_5F00_Cook_5F00_titleist2017_2D00_11_2D00_20_5F00_10_2D00_04_2D00_58.png" alt=" " /></a></p>
<p>Leading the way this week, Titleist golf ball loyalist <strong>Austin Cook</strong> (Pro V1) captured the first PGA Tour title of his career, as he birdied three of his last four holes at Sea Island Resort to win the RSM Classic. Cook closed with a 3-under-par 67 to finish with a 21-under-par 261 victory total, four shots clear of his nearest competitor.</p>
<p>Cook follows follows <a href="/tour/1480/brendan-steele"><strong>Brendan Steele</strong></a> (Pro V1x - Safeway Open), <a href="/tour/464/pat-perez"><strong>Pat Perez</strong></a> (Pro V1 - CIMB Classic), <a href="/tour/2179/justin-thomas"><strong>Justin Thomas</strong></a> (Pro V1x - CJ Cup @ Nine Bridges), <strong>Ryan Armour</strong> (Pro V1x - Sanderson Farms Championship), <a href="/tour/2080/patrick-cantlay"><strong>Patrick Cantlay</strong></a> (Pro V1 x - Shriners Hospitals for Children Open) and <a href="/tour/1761/patton-kizzire"><strong>Patton Kizzire</strong></a> (Pro V1x - OHL Classic at Mayakoba), as Titleist golf ball loyalists have won seven Fall Series tournaments in a row to kick off the 2017-2018 PGA Tour season.</p>
<p>With the victory, Cook also becomes the fourth consecutive winner to capture his maiden PGA Tour title this season.</p>
<p><a href="/teamtitleist/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/8168.07_5F00_RSM_5F00_Classic_5F00_2017_5F00_rev_5F00_Counts.jpg"><img src="/teamtitleist/resized-image/__size/730x410/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/8168.07_5F00_RSM_5F00_Classic_5F00_2017_5F00_rev_5F00_Counts.jpg" style="float:right;" alt=" " /></a>At the RSM Classic, Titleist was the overwhelming golf ball choice at the RSM Classic, with 116 players trusting a Titleist Pro V1 or Pro V1x golf ball, more than eight times the nearest competitor with 15 and more than all competitors combined.*</p>
<p>Titleist was also the top choice among players in the hybrids category (25) as well as the irons category with 46 sets in play. Vokey Design Wedges also topped the approach, sand and lob wedge (206) category and Scotty Cameron putters were the top choice among players with 56 putters in play.*<a id="Fleetwood"></a></p>
<p><span><em>*Equipment counts provided by Darell Survey</em></span></p>
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<p><a href="/teamtitleist/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/TIG_5F00_Tommy_5F00_Fleetwood_5F00_titleist2017_2D00_11_2D00_20_5F00_10_2D00_25_2D00_19.png"><img src="/teamtitleist/resized-image/__size/730x410/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/TIG_5F00_Tommy_5F00_Fleetwood_5F00_titleist2017_2D00_11_2D00_20_5F00_10_2D00_25_2D00_19.png" alt=" " /></a></p>
<p>As the 2017 European Tour season came to a close at the DP World Tour Championship, <strong><a href="/tour/2886/tommy-fleetwood">Titleist golf ball loyalist Tommy Fleetwood</a></strong> (Pro V1x) claimed the Race to Dubai title, rounding-off another year of success&nbsp; for the #1 ball in golf.</p>
<p>Once again, more players relied upon the performance excellence of the Pro V1 franchise at every one of the 48 events making up the Race to Dubai, with Titleist golf ball loyalists amassing 30 victories this season, including three Major Championships.</p>
<p>Fleetwood&#39;s season (the best of his career to date) included two wins, first at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship in his first event after switching to a Titleist golf ball, and second at the HNA Open de France. Fleetwood added two runner-up finishes to his victories, as well as a 4th place finish at the U.S. Open.</p>
<p>&ldquo;My ultimate goal in life is to be the best player in the world,&rdquo; said Fleetwood after he was awarded the Harry Vardon Trophy. &ldquo;That will always be the same. Whether I achieve it or not is another thing but I&rsquo;ll always strive for that.&rdquo;<a id="Jutanugarn"></a></p>
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<p><a href="/teamtitleist/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/TIG_5F00_Ariya_5F00_Jutanugarn_5F00_titleist2017_2D00_11_2D00_20_5F00_10_2D00_46_2D00_24.png"><img src="/teamtitleist/resized-image/__size/730x410/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/TIG_5F00_Ariya_5F00_Jutanugarn_5F00_titleist2017_2D00_11_2D00_20_5F00_10_2D00_46_2D00_24.png" alt=" " /></a></p>
<p>At the season-finale on the LPGA Tour, <a href="/tour/2463/ariya-jutanugarn"><strong>Titleist golf ball loyalist Ariya Jutanugarn </strong></a>(Pro V1x) birdied her final two holes to close with a 5-under-par 67 and seize a one-shot victory at the CME Group Titleholders. It marked the second win of the year for Jutanugarn, who stormed from three shots back with six holes to play.</p>
<p>&nbsp;<a href="/teamtitleist/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/Park_5F00_Ryu_5F00_1460x821.jpg"><img src="/teamtitleist/resized-image/__size/730x410/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/Park_5F00_Ryu_5F00_1460x821.jpg" alt=" " /></a></p>
<p>The points-based LPGA player of the year ended in a tie between a pair of major champions, Titleist golf ball loyalists <a href="/tour/2015/so-yeon-ryu"><strong>So Yeon Ryu</strong></a> (Pro V1, right above) and LPGA rookie <strong>Sung Hyun Park</strong> (Pro V1x, left above). It was the first time the award was shared since it began in 1966.</p>
<p>Titleist was the top choice in golf balls at the event, with 59 players trusting a Pro V1 or Pro V1x, more than eight times the nearest competitor with 7.</p>
<p>Titleist golf ball loyalists have accumulated 25 wins this season on the LPGA Tour, five times the nearest competitor with 5. <a id="Japan"></a></p>
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<p><a href="/teamtitleist/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/TIG_5F00_Japan_5F00_Win_5F00_Koepka_5F00_titleist2017_2D00_11_2D00_20_5F00_10_2D00_52_2D00_55.png"><img src="/teamtitleist/resized-image/__size/730x410/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/TIG_5F00_Japan_5F00_Win_5F00_Koepka_5F00_titleist2017_2D00_11_2D00_20_5F00_10_2D00_52_2D00_55.png" alt=" " /></a></p>
<p>In Japan, last year&#39;s champion again trusted a Pro V1x golf ball to successfully defend his title at the Dunlop Phoenix. The winner fired a 4-under-par 67 en route to a 20-under-par 264 victory total, one shot shy of the tournament record total he set last year. <br /> <br /> The winner was the only player to shoot four consecutive rounds in the 60&rsquo;s and he finished a record nine shots clear of his nearest competitor.</p>
<p>Titleist was the top choice in golf balls at the Dunlop Phoenix Open with 43 players relying on a Pro V1 or Pro V1x, more than all other golf balls combined.<a id="Scrivener"></a></p>
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<p><a href="/teamtitleist/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/TIG_5F00_Jason_5F00_Scrivener_5F00_titleist2017_2D00_11_2D00_20_5F00_10_2D00_48_2D00_23.png"><img src="/teamtitleist/resized-image/__size/730x410/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/TIG_5F00_Jason_5F00_Scrivener_5F00_titleist2017_2D00_11_2D00_20_5F00_10_2D00_48_2D00_23.png" alt=" " /></a></p>
<p>On the Australasian Tour, <a href="/tour/2318/jason-scrivener"><strong>Titleist Brand Ambassador Jason Scrivener</strong></a> (Pro V1x) won the NSW Open by six shots for his first professional win. Scrivener was the only player to fire four rounds in the 60&rsquo;s, closing with a 7-under-par 65 en route to a 24-under 264 victory total.</p>
<p>Let&#39;s take a look at the winning setup that Jason used in his victory in New South Wales.</p>
<p><strong>Golf Ball:</strong>&nbsp;Pro V1x</p>
<p><strong>Driver:</strong>&nbsp;917D3 (8.5&ordm;)&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Fairway:</strong>&nbsp;917F2 (13.5&ordm;)</p>
<p><strong>Irons:&nbsp;</strong>718 T-MB (3), 718 MB (4-PW)</p>
<p><strong>Wedges:&nbsp;</strong>Vokey Design TVD prototype gap (50&deg;), sand (54&deg;) and lob (60&deg;)</p>
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<p>Titleist was the top choice in golf balls at the NSW Open with 126 players relying on a Pro V1 or Pro V1x, nine times the nearest competitor with 14.</p>
<p>Eight of the top 10 finishers relied upon Titleist golf balls for their success.<a id="Lein"></a></p>
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<p><a href="/teamtitleist/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/TIG_5F00_Benjamin_5F00_Lein_5F00_titleist2017_2D00_11_2D00_20_5F00_10_2D00_50_2D00_44.png"><img src="/teamtitleist/resized-image/__size/730x410/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/TIG_5F00_Benjamin_5F00_Lein_5F00_titleist2017_2D00_11_2D00_20_5F00_10_2D00_50_2D00_44.png" alt=" " /></a></p>
<p>For the second week in a row, it was a 1-2-3 finish for Titleist Pro V1x golf ball loyalists on the China Tour as <strong>Benjamin Lein</strong> (Pro V1x) earned his first professional win at the Hunan Taohuayuan Open after closing with a 5-under-par 67 en route to a 4-under 140 victory total. The event was shortened to 36 holes due to thick fog and darkness.</p>
<p><strong>Titleist golf ball loyalists Maverick Antcliff </strong>(Pro V1x) and <strong>Beomsoo Kim</strong> (Pro V1x) finished two shots behind Lein as eight of the 11 players who finished among the top 10 and ties relied upon Titleist golf balls for their success.</p>
<p>Titleist was the most played golf ball at the event with 78 players relying on a Pro V1 or Pro V1x, six times the nearest competitor with 13.<a id="Schnell"></a></p>
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<p><a href="/teamtitleist/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/TIG_5F00_Brady_5F00_Schnell_5F00_titleist2017_2D00_11_2D00_20_5F00_10_2D00_08_2D00_41.png"><img src="/teamtitleist/resized-image/__size/730x410/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/TIG_5F00_Brady_5F00_Schnell_5F00_titleist2017_2D00_11_2D00_20_5F00_10_2D00_08_2D00_41.png" alt=" " /></a></p>
<p>And finally, on the LatinoAmerica Tour, <strong>Titleist golf ball loyalist Brady Schnell</strong> (Pro V1) birdied the first hole of a three-man playoff to win the Argentina Open. All three players, including <strong>Titleist golf ball loyalist Matt Ryan</strong> (Pro V1x) finished regulation at 8-under-par 272.</p>
<p>Titleist was the overwhelming field favorite in golf balls with 107 players relying on a Pro V1 or Pro V1x, more than seven times the nearest competitor with 14.</p>
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<p>Congratulations to all of #TeamTitleist!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.titleist.com/teamtitleist/aggbug?PostID=93002&AppID=117&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">Rick V., Team Titleist Staffhttp://www.titleist.com/teamtitleist/members/rickv1Austin Cook Trusts Pro V1 in First PGA Tour Victoryhttp://www.titleist.com/teamtitleist/gb/b/weblog/archive/2017/11/20/austin-cook-trusts-pro-v1-in-first-pga-tour-victory2017-11-20T11:25:31Z2017-11-20T11:25:31Z<p><a href="/teamtitleist/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/Austin-Cook-1460x821.jpg"><img src="/teamtitleist/resized-image/__size/1460x820/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/Austin-Cook-1460x821.jpg" alt=" " /></a></p>
<p>For the seventh straight week to start the new 2017-18 season, a Titleist golf ball loyalist has won on the PGA Tour. On Sunday <strong>Austin Cook</strong> (Pro V1) birdied three of his last four holes at Sea Island Resort to capture his first PGA Tour victory at the RSM Classic. Cook closed with a 3-under-par 67 to finish with a 21-under-par 261 victory total, four shots clear of his nearest competitor.</p>
<p>Cook follows follows <a href="/tour/1480/brendan-steele"><strong>Brendan Steele</strong></a> (Pro V1x - Safeway Open), <a href="/tour/464/pat-perez"><strong>Pat Perez</strong></a> (Pro V1 - CIMB Classic), <a href="/tour/2179/justin-thomas"><strong>Justin Thomas</strong></a> (Pro V1x - CJ Cup @ Nine Bridges), <strong>Ryan Armour</strong> (Pro V1x - Sanderson Farms Championship), <a href="/tour/2080/patrick-cantlay"><strong>Patrick Cantlay</strong></a> (Pro V1 x - Shriners Hospitals for Children Open) and <a href="/tour/1761/patton-kizzire"><strong>Patton Kizzire</strong></a> (Pro V1x - OHL Classic at Mayakoba) into the Titleist Winners&rsquo; Circle.</p>
<p>With the victory, Cook also becomes the fourth consecutive winner to capture his maiden PGA Tour title this season.</p>
<p>The RSM Classic marks the eighth and final official event during the Fall run on the 2017-2018 PGA Tour schedule and the season will resume in January, at the Sentry Tournament of Champions in Maui.</p>
<p>Congratulations, Austin!</p>
<p>&bull; &bull; &bull;</p>
<p><strong>TITLEIST BY THE NUMBERS</strong></p>
<p><a href="/teamtitleist/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/07_5F00_RSM_5F00_Classic_5F00_2017_5F00_rev_5F00_Counts.jpg"><img src="/teamtitleist/resized-image/__size/730x410/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/07_5F00_RSM_5F00_Classic_5F00_2017_5F00_rev_5F00_Counts.jpg" style="float:right;" alt=" " /></a>At the RSM Classic, Titleist was once again the overwhelming golf ball choice, with 116 players trusting a Titleist Pro V1 or Pro V1x golf ball, more than eight times the nearest competitor with 15 and more than all competitors combined.*</p>
<p>Titleist was also the top choice among players in the hybrids category (25) as well as the irons category with 46 sets in play. Vokey Design Wedges also topped the approach, sand and lob wedge (206) category and Scotty Cameron putters were the top choice among players with 56 putters in play.*</p>
<p><span style="font-size:75%;"><em>*Equipment counts provided by Darell Survey</em></span></p>
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<p class="p1"><strong>#TeamTitleist&nbsp;</strong></p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.titleist.com/teamtitleist/aggbug?PostID=92998&AppID=117&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">Rick V., Team Titleist Staffhttp://www.titleist.com/teamtitleist/members/rickv1Inside the prototype Vokey Design #SM7 Wedge seeding at DP World Tour Champshttp://www.titleist.com/teamtitleist/gb/b/weblog/archive/2017/11/18/inside-the-prototype-vokey-design-sm7-wedge-seeding-at-dp-world-tour-champs2017-11-18T14:25:00Z2017-11-18T14:25:00Z<p class="p1">The DP World Tour Championship is here and it brings along with it the seeding for the new prototype SM7 wedges.</p>
<p class="p1">Our expert Titleist Fitting Technicians have been on site gathering information from Tour players in the first step of the&nbsp;validation process that ensures the #1 wedge on tour performs at the highest level.&nbsp;</p>
<p class="p1">Let&#39;s take a look at some of the early moments from Tour seeding!&nbsp;</p>
<p class="p1">#SM7</p>
<p class="p1">(Please visit the site to view this file)</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.titleist.com/teamtitleist/aggbug?PostID=92990&AppID=117&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">Hannah M., Team Titleist UKhttp://www.titleist.com/teamtitleist/members/hannahm6Field Notes from the 2017 RSM Classichttp://www.titleist.com/teamtitleist/gb/b/weblog/archive/2017/11/17/field-notes-from-the-2017-rsm-classic2017-11-17T15:20:30Z2017-11-17T15:20:30Z<p><a href="/teamtitleist/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/Mac_5F00_Hughes_5F00_1460x821.jpg"><img src="/teamtitleist/resized-image/__size/730x410/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/Mac_5F00_Hughes_5F00_1460x821.jpg" alt=" " /></a></p>
<p>The PGA Tour&#39;s fall schedule wraps up this week on St. Simons Island, GA, where the eighth and final official event on the 2017 calendar is underway at the RSM Classic.</p>
<p>A field of 156 players will again compete on both the Seaside and Plantation Courses at Sea Island Resort. The par-72 Plantation Course will play at 7,058 yards, while the par-70 Seaside Course measures 7,005 yards.</p>
<p>The shorter, tighter hole designs at Sea Island are a departure from the long, wide layouts at most PGA Tour stops. Like Harbour Town, the wind plays a large role in the courses&#39; defenses at Sea Island and it favors those solid ball strikers who can control their golf ball.</p>
<p>One player who certainly controlled his Pro V1x last year was defending champion, <strong>Titleist golf ball loyalist Mac Hughes</strong>. Hughes captured his first PGA Tour victory at the 2016 RSM, firing an opening-round 9-under-par 61 and taking the 54-hole lead into Sunday.</p>
<p>&quot;It was so hard,&quot; Hughes recalled, &quot;every night leaving the golf course being the leader and dealing with all these things for the first time.&quot;</p>
<p>Hughes shot a 1-under-par 69 on Sunday to post a 17-under-par 265 total, a mark matched by four other players earlier in the afternoon. Hughes had to spend one more restless night on St. Simons Island, but he ultimately prevailed on the third hole of the ensuing 5-man playoff on Monday.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Slowly but surely I kept going and kept pushing forward,&quot; the 26-year-old Canadian said. &quot;Once I got in that position I knew there was lots of golf left to be played, but I knew I could be in that position. And I just stayed within myself and just stuck to what I&#39;ve been doing. I know what I&#39;m doing works, so I knew I could get the job done.&quot;</p>
<p>Hughes will need that same resolve this year, as scoring conditions are ideal and players are looking for one last strong push before the Tour takes some much-needed time off for the holidays.</p>
<p>Good luck to Mac and all of #TeamTitleist this week at Sea Island!</p>
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<p><strong>TITLEIST BY THE NUMBERS</strong></p>
<p><a href="/teamtitleist/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/07_5F00_RSM_5F00_Classic_5F00_2017_5F00_rev_5F00_Counts.jpg"><img src="/teamtitleist/resized-image/__size/730x410/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/07_5F00_RSM_5F00_Classic_5F00_2017_5F00_rev_5F00_Counts.jpg" style="float:right;" alt=" " /></a>This week at the RSM Classic, Titleist is once again the overwhelming golf ball choice, with 116 players trusting a Titleist Pro V1 or Pro V1x golf ball, more than eight times the nearest competitor with 15 and more than all competitors combined.*</p>
<p>Titleist was also the top choice among players in the hybrids category (25) as well as the irons category with 46 sets in play. Vokey Design Wedges also topped the approach, sand and lob wedge (206) category and Scotty Cameron putters were the top choice among players with 56 putters in play.*</p>
<p>*Equipment counts provided by Darell Survey</p>
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<p><b>FAST FACTS:</b></p>
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<li>The RSM Classic (now in its eighth year overall) enters the fifth season featuring a wraparound schedule on the PGA Tour that bridges two years with 49 events including the FedExCup Playoffs events. The 2017-18 PGA TOUR season includes eight events during the fall of 2017. With a break after this week&rsquo;s event, the season will resume in January with the traditional swing through Hawaii before moving to the West Coast.</li>
<li>The tournament host this week is Sea Island resident and <strong>Titleist golf ball loyalist Davis Love III</strong> (Pro V1). Love III learned how to play golf from his father at Sea Island, practiced with his brother and introduced the game to his son here.</li>
<li>With his win at last year&#39;s RSM CLassic, <strong>Titleist golf ball loyalist Mac Hughes</strong> became the first player to win on the Mackenzie Tour &ndash; PGA Tour Canada, Web.com Tour and the PGA Tour. In 2013, he won the Cape Breton Open on the Mackenzie Tour on the way to claiming Player of the Year honors. In 2016, he won the Price Cutter Charity Championship on the Web.com Tour.</li>
<li>More than two dozen PGA TOUR professionals live or train in the Sea Island area, including <strong>Titleist Brand Ambassadors</strong> <a href="/tour/2633/jt-poston"><strong>J.T. Poston</strong></a>, <a href="/tour/2329/bobby-wyatt"><strong>Bobby Wyatt</strong></a> and last week&rsquo;s winner, <strong><a href="/tour/1761/patton-kizzire">Patton Kizzire</a></strong> and <strong>Titleist golf ball loyalists</strong> <strong>Davis Love III</strong>, <strong><a href="/tour/399/zach-johnson">Zach Johnson</a></strong>, <strong>Scott Langley</strong>, <strong>Josh Teater</strong> and <strong>Michael Thompson</strong>.</li>
<li>12-time PGA Tour champion <strong><a href="/tour/399/zach-johnson">Zach Johnson</a></strong> is making his eighth start at the RSM Classic. He advanced to the FedExCup Playoffs for the tenth time in eleven years last season.</li>
<li>Titleist golf ball loyalist and 2015 RSM Classic champion, <a href="/tour/2348/kevin-kisner"><strong>Kevin Kisner</strong></a> is making his first start of the 2017-2018 season this week. A member of the U.S. Team that won last year&#39;s President&#39;s Cup, Kisner advanced to the 2017 Tour Championship for third straight season, finishing career-best 12th in FedExCup standings.</li>
<li>Titleist golf ball loyalists <strong>Mac Hughes </strong>(Pro V1x - 2016), <a href="/tour/2348/kevin-kisner"><strong>Kevin Kisner</strong></a> (Pro V1 - 2015), <strong>Chris Kirk</strong> (Pro V1x - 2013) and <strong>Ben Crane</strong> (Pro V1x - 2010) have carried the 54-hole lead on to victory at the event.</li>
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<p><b>SOCIAL BUZZ:</b></p>
<p>Welcome to beautiful St. Simons Island, home of the RSM Classic.</p>
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<p>Congratulations to defending champ Mac Hughes, who recently welcomed a beautiful baby boy to the family.</p>
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<p>After his breakthrough win last week in Mexico, <strong><a href="/tour/1761/patton-kizzire">Titleist Brand Ambassador Patton Kizzire</a></strong> (Pro V1x) picked up right where he left off with shots like this.</p>
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<p>No doubt we&#39;re in Bulldog country this week.</p>
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<p>When he&#39;s not on the golf course, you may find University of Georgia alum and <strong>Pro V1x loyalist Chris Kirk</strong> at the keyboard. Chris opened with a 7-under-par 63 to grab the lead after Day 1.</p>
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<p>A great memory for tournament host and <strong>Titleist golf ball loyalist Davis Love III</strong> from his recent Golf Hall of Fame induction ceremony.</p>
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<p>Did You Know? This week Titleist announced that Team Titleist members can now take tours at our Ball Plant 3 location to see how we make the #1 ball in golf.</p>
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<p>It helps to shape shots at Sea Island, as <a href="/tour/2167/chesson-hadley"><strong>Titleist Brand Ambassador Chesson Hadley</strong></a> demonstrates here.</p>
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<p>Good luck to all of #TeamTitleist as we say farewell from St. Simons Island. See you at Kapalua!</p>
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<p>This past summer a great honor was bestowed upon our own Bob Vokey, as <a href="/teamtitleist/b/tourblog/archive/2017/07/26/bob-vokey-inducted-into-canadian-golf-hall-of-fame">the Master Wedge Craftsman entered the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame</a>.&nbsp;Bob, who grew up in the Montr&eacute;al suburb of Verdun, shared some great stories with us as he prepared for his induction. One of our favorites centered on one of the very first wedges that Bob ever made. (Bob tells the story in the video above.)</p>
<p>It was 1997 and Bob had been charged with heading up an important new Titleist Clubs initiative - the creation of a new line of high-performance wedges worthy of the Titleist script. Bob dove right in and after eight months of imagining, designing and grinding he came up with a handful of prototype wedges that he was ready to put to the test. He wanted feedback from the best players in the world, so Bob headed to New Orleans, where the PGA Tour was preparing for the St. Jude Classic.</p>
<p>Among the players to see those very first Vokey wedges was Andy Bean, who was partial to one model in particular that he found in Bob&#39;s staff bag. It was a 56&deg; sand wedge with increased offset, a rounded profile and 14&deg; of bounce. Bean hit a few shots around the practice greens, hit a couple full shots and promptly told Bob that the wedge had a new home. That original 456.14 Vokey prototype that Andy Bean used at the 1997 St. Jude Classic was the first Vokey Design wedge played on the PGA Tour.</p>
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<p>Now the story has come full circle. Shortly after learning that The Voke had been inducted into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame, Andy Bean reached out to the Hall&#39;s curator, Meggan Gardner. To help honor Bob and his remarkable career, Bean sent along that original Vokey prototype, which will now take its rightful place in the Hall as a central piece of memorabilia in the Bob Vokey exhibit.</p>
<p>Ms. Gardner tells the full story herself in <strong><a href="http://golfcanada.ca/article/original-vokey-prototype-returns-home">this article on golfcanada.ca</a>.</strong></p>
<p>Did you know that Bob commemorated that first prototype with a special limited release offering on Vokey.com? Click here to <a href="http://www.vokey.com/product/WM86.html"><strong>check out the 456.14 20th Anniversary wedge.</strong></a></p>
<p>And finally, to learn more about the man himself, click here to watch <a href="/teamtitleist/b/tourblog/archive/2017/10/25/hand-crafted-the-story-of-bob-vokey"><strong>Handcrafted: The Story of Bob Vokey</strong></a>.</p>
<p><strong>#TeamTitleist</strong></p>
<p><em>Photo credit golfcanada.ca.</em></p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.titleist.com/teamtitleist/aggbug?PostID=92974&AppID=117&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">Rick V., Team Titleist Staffhttp://www.titleist.com/teamtitleist/members/rickv1Kizzire, Grace and Feng Lead 7-Win Week for Titleist Golf Ball Playershttp://www.titleist.com/teamtitleist/gb/b/weblog/archive/2017/11/13/kizzire-grace-and-feng-lead-7-win-week-for-titleist-golf-ball-players2017-11-13T12:42:37Z2017-11-13T12:42:37Z<p><a href="/teamtitleist/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/ProV1_5F00_Teeing_5F00_rev_5F00_1460x821.jpg"><img src="/teamtitleist/resized-image/__size/2080x1640/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/ProV1_5F00_Teeing_5F00_rev_5F00_1460x821.jpg" alt=" " /></a></p>
<p>Lately, it seems that everything is coming up sevens for the #1 Ball in Golf.</p>
<p>For the third straight week, Titleist Brand Ambassadors and golf ball loyalists have combined to claim <strong>seven </strong>victories across the worldwide professional tours. Titleist golf ball players have now recorded 192 victories across the worldwide professional tours, <strong>nearly seven times</strong> the nearest competitor with 28.</p>
<p>To date this season, the game&#39;s finest players have relied on a Titleist Pro V1 or Pro V1x golf ball 25,272 times, <strong>nearly seven times</strong> the nearest competitor with 3,720 and more than all competitors combined.<a id="Kizzire"></a></p>
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<p>Headlining the winning performances this week, <a href="/tour/1761/patton-kizzire"><strong>Titleist Brand Ambassador Patton Kizzire</strong></a> (Pro V1x) bagged his first PGA Tour title, closing with rounds of 66-67 in Mexico to edge <a href="/tour/1795/rickie-fowler"><strong>Titleist golf ball loyalist Rickie Fowler</strong></a><strong><a href="/tour/1795/rickie-fowler"></a></strong> (Pro V1) by a single shot at the OHL Classic at Mayakoba.</p>
<p>Kizzire is the third player in as many weeks to win his maiden PGA Tour victory with a Titleist golf ball. He follows fellow <a href="/tour/2080/patrick-cantlay"><strong>Titleist Brand Ambassador Patrick Cantlay</strong></a><strong><a href="/tour/2080/patrick-cantlay"></a></strong> (Pro V1x), who won last week&#39;s Shriners Hospitals for Children Open and <strong>Titleist golf ball loyalist Ryan Armour</strong> (Pro V1x), who broke through at the Sanderson Farms Championship.</p>
<p>Titleist was the overwhelming golf ball choice at El Camaleon Golf Club, with 99 players trusting a Titleist Pro V1 or Pro V1x golf ball, more than eight times the nearest competitor with 12 and more than all competitors combined.*</p>
<p>Titleist was also the top choice among players in the hybrids category (21) as well as the irons category with 37 sets in play. Vokey Design Wedges also topped the approach, sand and lob wedge (167) category and Scotty Cameron putters were the top choice among players with 52 putters in play.*</p>
<p>*Equipment counts provided by Darell Survey</p>
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<p>It was a 1-2-3-4 finish for Titleist golf ball players at the European Tour&#39;s Nedbank Golf Challenge, where<a href="/tour/2778/branden-grace"><strong> Branden Grace</strong></a> edged fellow Pro V1x loyalist<a href="/tour/2892/scott-jamieson"><strong> Scott Jamieson</strong></a> by one shot.</p>
<p>Grace closed with a 6-under-par 66 en route to an 11-under 277 victory total for his eighth European Tour title.</p>
<p>It was an emotional win for the 29-year old, who became the first South African to win his home event since 2007.</p>
<p>Titleist was the top choice in golf balls at the event, with 55 players trusting a Pro V1 or Pro V1x, nearly eight times the nearest competitor with 7.</p>
<p>Titleist golf ball loyalists have accumulated 27 wins this season on the European Tour, 20 more than the nearest competitor with 7.</p>
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<p>For the second straight week on the LPGA Tour, <strong><a href="/tour/1575/shanshan-feng">Shanshan Feng</a></strong> led Titleist golf ball players to a Pro V1x 1-2 finish, this time at the Blue Bay LPGA where she topped Moriya Jutanugarn by one shot.</p>
<p>Last week, Feng became the first golfer on the 2017 LPGA Tour to defend a title when she won the TOTO Japan Classic. This week she became the first player to go back-to-back by winning the Blue Bay LPGA.</p>
<p>It marked the season-high-tying third victory of the year for Feng, who also won the Volvik Championship in May.</p>
<p>Feng is the first golfer from China, male or female, to advance to No. 1 in the World Rankings.</p>
<p>Titleist was the top choice in golf balls at the event, with 65 players trusting a Pro V1 or Pro V1x, nearly 11 times the nearest competitor with 6.</p>
<p>Titleist golf ball loyalists have accumulated 24 wins this season on the LPGA Tour, more than four times the nearest competitor with 5. <a id="Sutherland"></a></p>
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<p><strong>Titleist golf ball loyalist Kevin Sutherland</strong> (Pro V1x) broke through in a big way on PGA Tour Champions, capturing the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship for his first career win and the points title.</p>
<p>Sutherland closed with a 5-under-par 66 en route to a 15-under 198 victory total for a one-shot win.</p>
<p>He had 15 top-10 finishes this season, finishing second three times and third twice.</p>
<p><strong>Titleist golf ball loyalist Bernhard Langer</strong> (Pro V1), the winner of the first two playoff events, finished second in the season standings, after winning the last three season-ending points titles.</p>
<p>Langer led the tour with seven victories, winning three of the five majors, and set an earnings record.</p>
<p>Titleist was the top choice in golf balls with 26, more than five times the nearest competitor with 5.<a id="Shin"></a></p>
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<p>On the Asian Tour, rookie <strong>Micah Lauren Shin</strong> (Pro V1x) captured the Resorts World Manila Masters with a birdie on the first hole of a sudden death playoff for his first career win.</p>
<p>The 20-year-old closed with a final round 5-under-par 67 to get into the playoff with <a href="/tour/2175/arnond-vongvanij"><strong>Titleist Brand Ambassador Arnond Vongvanij</strong></a> (Pro V1x) who also closed with a 67, as both players finished on 19-under-par 269.</p>
<p>Titleist was the top choice in golf balls at the event with 85 players relying on a Pro V1 or Pro V1x.</p>
<p>Titleist golf ball players have accumulated eight wins on the Asian Tour this season, four times the nearest competitor with two.<a id="Kodaira"></a></p>
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<p>In Japan, <a href="/tour/2756/satoshi-kodaira"><strong>Titleist golf ball loyalist Satoshi Kodaira</strong> </a>(Pro V1x) closed with a 7-under-par 65 &ndash; the best score of the final round &ndash; to rally from three shots behind the overnight leader and win the Mitsui-Sumitomo VISA Taiheiyo Masters by three strokes.</p>
<p>Kodaira&rsquo;s 18-under-par 270 total secured his second victory of the season and the sixth of his JGTO career.</p>
<p>He has now advanced to the top of the Japan Tour money list with three events left in the season.</p>
<p>Titleist was the most played golf ball at the event with 50 players relying on a Pro V1 or Pro V1x, nearly three times the nearest competitor with 18.</p>
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<p>And finally, in China, it was a 1-2-3 finish for Titleist golf ball loyalists at the Jiangsu Open, where <strong>Callum Tarren</strong> (Pro V1) claimed his first career PGA Tour China title by closing with a 3-under-par 69 en route to a 3-under 285 victory total.</p>
<p><strong>Titleist Brand Ambassador Yi Cao</strong> (Pro V1x) of China finished runner-up, one shot behind. <br /> <br /> <strong><a href="/tour/2285/bryden-macpherson">Titleist Brand Ambassador Bryden Macpherson</a></strong> (Pro V1) finished solo 3rd, another shot back.</p>
<p>Titleist was the most trusted ball at the Jiangsu Open, with 69 players relying on a Pro V1 or Pro V1x, more than eleven times the nearest competitor with 6.</p>
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<p>Congratulations to all of #TeamTitleist!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.titleist.com/teamtitleist/aggbug?PostID=92963&AppID=117&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">Rick V., Team Titleist Staffhttp://www.titleist.com/teamtitleist/members/rickv1The Winning Setup: Patton Kizzire at the OHL Classic at Mayokobahttp://www.titleist.com/teamtitleist/gb/b/weblog/archive/2017/11/13/the-winning-setup-patton-kizzire-at-the-ohl-classic-at-mayokoba2017-11-13T10:05:02Z2017-11-13T10:05:02Z<p><a href="/teamtitleist/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/Patton_5F00_Kizzire_5F00_917D3_5F00_1460x821.jpg"><img src="/teamtitleist/resized-image/__size/730x410/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/Patton_5F00_Kizzire_5F00_917D3_5F00_1460x821.jpg" alt=" " /></a></p>
<p>For the sixth straight week to start the new 2017-2018 season, a player trusting a Titleist golf ball has won on the PGA Tour. On Sunday, <a href="/tour/1761/patton-kizzire"><strong>Titleist Brand Ambassador Patton Kizzire</strong></a> relied on a Pro V1x golf ball and Titleist golf club equipment tee-to-green to secure his first PGA Tour title at the OHL Classic at Mayakoba.</p>
<p>Kizzire outlasted <a href="/tour/1795/rickie-fowler"><strong>Titleist golf ball loyalist Rickie Fowler</strong></a><strong><a href="/tour/1795/rickie-fowler"></a></strong> (Pro V1) by one shot after poor weather conditions on Saturday forced the pair to play 36 holes on Sunday. Kizzire closed with a 66-67 en route to a 19-under-par 265 victory total.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Kizzire follows <a href="/tour/1480/brendan-steele"><strong>Brendan Steele</strong></a> (Pro V1x - Safeway Open), <a href="/tour/464/pat-perez"><strong>Pat Perez</strong></a> (Pro V1 - CIMB Classic), <a href="/tour/2179/justin-thomas"><strong>Justin Thomas</strong></a> (Pro V1x - CJ Cup @ Nine Bridges), <strong>Ryan Armour</strong> (Pro V1x - Sanderson Farms Championship) and <a href="/tour/2080/patrick-cantlay"><strong>Patrick Cantlay</strong></a> (Pro V1 x - Shriners Hospitals for Children Open) into the Titleist Winners&rsquo; Circle.</p>
<p>Further, it was the third time (<a href="/tour/1761/patton-kizzire"><strong>Kizzire</strong></a>, <a href="/tour/2080/patrick-cantlay"><strong>Cantlay</strong></a>, <a href="/tour/2179/justin-thomas"><strong>Thomas</strong></a>) in four weeks that a full product line Titleist Brand Ambassador has won on the PGA Tour and it was also the second week in a row where a first-time winner on TOUR was crowned.</p>
<p>Following Kizzire and Fowler on the leaderboard were Titleist golf ball loyalists <a href="/tour/1900/charles-howell-iii"><strong>Charles Howell III</strong></a> (Pro V1) and <strong>Martin Piller</strong> (Pro V1), who tied for 4th, five shots behind the champion.</p>
<p>Congratulations, Patton!</p>
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<p>Let&#39;s take a closer look at the Titleist equipment that Patton Kizzire trusted in his breakthrough victory.</p>
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<p><strong>Winning Setup:</strong></p>
<p class="p1"><strong>Golf Ball:</strong>&nbsp;Pro V1x</p>
<p class="p1"><strong>Driver:</strong>&nbsp;917D3 (10.5&ordm;)&nbsp;</p>
<p class="p1"><strong>Fairway:</strong>&nbsp;917F2 (16.5&ordm;)</p>
<p class="p1"><strong>Hybrid:</strong> 913H2 (19&deg;)</p>
<p class="p1"><strong>Irons:&nbsp;</strong>718 T-MB (4), 718 Cb (5-6), 718 MB (7-PW)</p>
<p class="p1"><strong>Wedges:&nbsp;</strong>Vokey Design TVD prototype gap (52&deg;), sand (56&deg;) and lob (60&deg;)</p>
<p class="p1"><strong>Putter</strong>: Scotty Cameron GoLo Tour</p>
<p class="p1"><strong>#TeamTitleist&nbsp;</strong></p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.titleist.com/teamtitleist/aggbug?PostID=92957&AppID=117&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">Rick V., Team Titleist Staffhttp://www.titleist.com/teamtitleist/members/rickv1Field Notes from the 2017 OHL Classic at Mayakobahttp://www.titleist.com/teamtitleist/gb/b/weblog/archive/2017/11/10/field-notes-from-the-2017-ohl-classic-at-mayakoba2017-11-10T15:57:23Z2017-11-10T15:57:23Z<p><a href="/teamtitleist/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/Pat_5F00_Perez_5F00_Hero_5F00_1460x821.jpg"><img src="/teamtitleist/resized-image/__size/730x410/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/Pat_5F00_Perez_5F00_Hero_5F00_1460x821.jpg" alt=" " /></a></p>
<p><a href="/tour/464/pat-perez"><strong>Titleist golf ball loyalist Pat Perez</strong></a> (Pro V1) will always have a soft spot in his heart for this week&#39;s PGA Tour stop, the OHL Classic at Mayakoba. It was at last year&#39;s tournament that Perez rejuvenated his career, firing rounds of 68-66-62-67 to win the event (the second of his career his first since 2009) and jump start a season that saw him climb from No. 271 in the official world golf rankings to No. 18 in the world.</p>
<p>Perez played in his first TOUR Championship in 2017 and won again just a few weeks ago at the CIMB Classic in Malaysia.</p>
<p>&ldquo;I was just fighting to get my job back,&quot; Perez said of the turn-around, &quot;but I had a whole different outlook at life after being gone for a little bit.&quot; (The OHL was just his third start after eight months off following shoulder surgery).</p>
<p>&quot;I have a lot of friends out here, I root for them all and I&#39;ve got a hell of a support group at home. Over my 16-year career I&#39;ve always been worried, what&#39;s that guy going to say, what&#39;s he going to think. I don&#39;t care about any of that anymore, I just don&#39;t. I&#39;m just excited about playing well again and I&rsquo;m just trying to enjoy the ride.&rdquo;</p>
<p>As Perez gets ready for his title defense, the action will again take place on the par-71, 7,039-yard layout at El Camaleon Golf Club at Mayakoba Resort, challenging players with three distinct landscapes - mangrove jungles, limestone canals and postcard stretches of oceanfront sand.</p>
<p>The signature hole at El Camale&oacute;n is the 155-yard, par-3 15th, which runs alongside the Caribbean, but the course&#39;s most interesting hole might be No. 7, which incorporates a cenote, a massive underground cavern, in the heart of the opening fairway.</p>
<p>Good luck this week in Mexico, Pat! And good luck to all of #Team Titleist!</p>
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<p><strong>TITLEIST BY THE NUMBERS</strong></p>
<p><a href="/teamtitleist/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/06_5F00_OHL_5F00_Classic_5F00_at_5F00_Mayakoba_5F00_2017_5F00_Counts.jpg"><img src="/teamtitleist/resized-image/__size/730x410/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-19/06_5F00_OHL_5F00_Classic_5F00_at_5F00_Mayakoba_5F00_2017_5F00_Counts.jpg" style="float:right;" alt=" " /></a>This week at the OHL Classic at Mayakoba, Titleist is once again the overwhelming golf ball choice, with 99 players trusting a Titleist Pro V1 or Pro V1x golf ball, more than eight times the nearest competitor with 12 and more than all competitors combined.*</p>
<p>Titleist was also the top choice among players in the hybrids category (21) as well as the irons category with 37 sets in play. Vokey Design Wedges also topped the approach, sand and lob wedge (167) category and Scotty Cameron putters were the top choice among players with 52 putters in play.*</p>
<p>*Equipment counts provided by Darell Survey</p>
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<p><b>FAST FACTS:</b></p>
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<li>At last year&#39;s OHL Classic at Mayakoba, <a href="/tour/464/pat-perez"><strong>Pat Perez</strong></a> matched the 72-hole tournament record with his 21-under-par 263 total. Perez had six top-10 finishes in the 2016-17 season, four of which were top-five showings.</li>
<li>2014 OHL Classic champion, <a href="/tour/869/charley-hoffman"><strong>Titleist Brand Amabassador Charley Hoffman</strong></a> (Pro V1), will be making his sixth appearance at this event. At last week&rsquo;s Shriners Hospitals for Children Open (T18), the UNLV grad donated his entire paycheck ($98,600) to relief efforts for the Las Vegas Oct 1 shootings.</li>
<li><strong><a href="/tour/2167/chesson-hadley">Titleist Brand Ambassador Chesson Hadley</a></strong> (Pro V1x) is off to a remarkable start in the 2017-2018 season. Hadley, who finished No.1 on last year&#39;s Web.com Tour money list to earn his Tour card this season, finished T3/Safeway Open, 2nd/Sanderson Farms Championship and T4/Shriners Hospitals for Children Open is his first three starts thus far.</li>
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<p>There are five Mexican players in the Mayakoba field this week, all of whom trust their games to Titleist golf balls:</p>
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<li><strong>Carlos Ortiz</strong> (Pro V1x), a three-time winner and Player of the Year on the Web.com Tour<br /> in 2014, will make his fourth career start at the OHL Classic at Mayakoba. In 24 starts on the Web.com Tour in 2017, he collected two top-10 finishes.</li>
<li><strong>Roberto Diaz</strong> (Pro V1x) is a Veracruz native and will be making his ninth career start on the PGA<br /> Tour. On the Web.com Tour last year, he claimed a second- and third-place showing.</li>
<li><strong>Jose de Jesus Rodriguez</strong> (Pro V1x) - The Irapuato, Mexico native will be making his eighth start on the PGA Tour and seventh in the OHL Classic at Mexico. En route to winning the money title on PGA TOUR Latinoam&eacute;rica in 2017, he collected victories at the 70 Avianca Colombia Open and Abierto del Paraguay-Copa NEC.</li>
<li><strong>Oscar Fraustro</strong> (Pro V1x) will be making his sixth consecutive start in this week&rsquo;s OHL Classic at Mayakoba, where he has collected two top-15 finishes (T13/2016, T9/2014). In six starts on the PGA TOUR Latinoam&eacute;rica in 2017, the Mexico City native won in a playoff victory at the San Luis Championship, finished T2 a week later at the Abierto de Brasil and finished T8 at the Lexus Peru Open a week later.</li>
<li><strong>Abraham Ancer</strong> (Pro V1x) was born in McAllen, Texas, but he was raised in Reynosa, Mexico, Ancer will be making his third consecutive start in the OHL Classic at Mayakoba. On last year&rsquo;s Web.com Tour, he collected seven top-10 finishes in 24 starts en route to asixth-place finish on the Web.com Tour priority list.</li>
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<p><b>SOCIAL BUZZ:</b></p>
<p>Welcome to El Camaleon Golf Club at the Mayakoba Resort, host of the OHL Classic at Mayakoba! The cenote on No.7 is a serious hazard you won&#39;t find on any other courses we&#39;ve heard of.</p>
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<p><strong><a href="/tour/1761/patton-kizzire">Titleist Brand Ambassador Patton Kizzire</a></strong> (Pro V1x) grabbed the lead after Round 1 with a sizzling 62.</p>
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<p><strong><a href="/tour/1795/rickie-fowler">Titleist golf ball loyalist Rickie Fowler</a></strong> (Pro V1) is also right in the mix after an opening round 65.</p>
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<p><strong><a href="/tour/1905/ben-martin">Titleist Brand Ambassador Ben Martin</a></strong> (Pro V1) from way behind the 3-point stripe.</p>
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<p>A perfect meeting of land and sea.</p>
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<p><strong>Titleist golf ball loyalist J.J. Henry </strong>(Pro V1) found the perfect way to unwind after a day at the office.</p>
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<p>The weather took a turn on Friday, suspending play. Let&#39;s hope it blows over quickly and sets the stage for an exciting finish this weekend!</p>
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<p>As we say good-bye from Mexico, her&#39;s one last look at the one bunker players don&#39;t want to be in this week. Good luck to all of #TeamTitleist!</p>
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